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Rent Family Matters
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published: Nov 2003
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $16.95
Pages: 431
Synopsis
In Bombay, a retired professor named Nariman Vakeel looks back on his life, and specifically his failure to marry the woman he really loved, instead submitting to an arranged marriage. He lives now with his stepchildren, but when he breaks an ankle he is sent to the home of his own daughter to be cared for. This KING LEAR-derived tale presents a wide-ranging picture of Bombay society as Nariman, of necessity, finds himself more and more dependent on his children. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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