Bitter Sweets: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 13 nov 2007 - 368 páginas With this spellbinding first novel about the destructive lies three immigrant generations of a Pakistani/Bangladeshi family tell each other, Roopa Farooki adds a fresh new voice to the company of Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri and Arudhati Roy. |
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... night of married love to taste of . He felt a wave of panic that he was woefully unqualified to initiate his confident bride , who was now looking at him with a mixture of curiosity and sympathy . Deciding that faint heart never won ...
... night for us . And I've already ruined it . ' He turned to face her and held out the flower to her . ' Look , I brought you a rose . ' He sighed and put it down next to him . Mollified , Henna sat back on the bed , a little way from ...
... night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes . He paused and looked at her expectantly . ' Hmm , that's pretty , ' Henna answered , hoping he wasn't expecting her to ...
... powder rubbed off by their embrace , her enormous eyes ludicrously over- made up by comparison . ' How old are you , Henna ? ' he asked quietly . On his wedding night , Ricky - Rashid slept alone 8 то во Roopa Farooki.
... night that every one of Ricky - Rashid's hopes and dreams of a life lived in truth and sincerity , of an idyllic western - style marriage , was ground into a red , muddy sludge like the powder from which Henna took her name . She had ...