Preeta Samarasan
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1976
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Malaysia
- Lieu de naissance
- Malaysia
- Lieux de résidence
- Malaysia
USA
France - Études
- United World College
Hamilton College
Eastman School of Music
University of Michigan - Courte biographie
- Preeta Samarasan was born in Malaysia and moved to the United States to finish high school at the United World College U.S.A, and attend Hamilton College. She was enrolled in a Ph.D. program in musicology at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, and had begun work on a dissertation on Gypsy music festivals in France when she left to complete her novel. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan, where an earlier version of Evening Is The Whole Day won the Avery and Jule Hopwood Novel Award. She also recently won the Asian American Writer's Workshop/Hyphen Magazine short-story award.Her short fiction and nonfiction has been published or is forthcoming in the Asian Literary Review, Five Chapters, Hyphen, the Michigan Quarterly Review, EGO Magazine, A Public Space, and in the anthology Urban Odysseys: KL Stories.She currently lives in central France with her husband and dog
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La noche es todo el día par Preeta Samarasan
Cuando la criada de la familia de la plantación de caucho es despedida por unos crímenes que no se han resuelto, es sólo la última de unas precipitadas pérdidas que han sacudido la vida de Aasha, la hija de seis años de una acaudalada ––aunque emocionalmente pobre–– familia de inmigrantes indios. En el transcurso de las últimas semanas, su abuela materna muere en circunstancias extrañas, y su hermana mayor, Uma, se va para siempre a la universidad a EE UU. Unos hechos que la hacen cometer algunos errores en nombre del amor.… (plus d'informations)
A beautifully written novel about a wealthy Indian family in Malaysia. Everything is not as it seems in this epic family saga and Samarasan utilizes rich prose and well-developed characters in unveiling the many layers of the families dark secrets. The story is told from various points of view in a seamless and unconfusing way. It was great read and would be a good book club pick.
This novel begins and ends with the departure of Chellam, the doomed and disgraced servant girl the wealthy Rajasekharan family of Ipoh, Malyasia had hired the previous year to care for the demanding Paati (grandmother). During the year of Chellam's stay we come to know and care for the family, and its flawed and damaged members.
Central is Aasha, the 6-year old daughter, who, having accepted her mother's rejection and disdain of her, now has to contend with her beloved older sister Uma's withdrawal of her affections and imminent departure for college in the US. Aasha watches and observes her family, with her only companions the ghosts that only she can see and hear. Suresh, Aasha's 11 year old brother, like 11 year old boys the world over, provides comic relief. Then there is Appa, the brilliant Oxford-educated attorney who, to his mother's (Paati's) dismay chose to marry a simple poorly-educated girl, rather than a more modern woman. The years pass, Appa regrets his decision, and is more and more absent from the home. Amma, the mother, has been transformed from a sweet, caring young woman to a social-climbing harridan, with no empathy for plights of her daughters, or for Chellam or Paati.
This beautiful, sad and hopeful book can be characterized by Tolstoy's line that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Samarasan brilliantly tells this family's story against the backdrop of newly-indpendent Malaysia.… (plus d'informations)
Central is Aasha, the 6-year old daughter, who, having accepted her mother's rejection and disdain of her, now has to contend with her beloved older sister Uma's withdrawal of her affections and imminent departure for college in the US. Aasha watches and observes her family, with her only companions the ghosts that only she can see and hear. Suresh, Aasha's 11 year old brother, like 11 year old boys the world over, provides comic relief. Then there is Appa, the brilliant Oxford-educated attorney who, to his mother's (Paati's) dismay chose to marry a simple poorly-educated girl, rather than a more modern woman. The years pass, Appa regrets his decision, and is more and more absent from the home. Amma, the mother, has been transformed from a sweet, caring young woman to a social-climbing harridan, with no empathy for plights of her daughters, or for Chellam or Paati.
This beautiful, sad and hopeful book can be characterized by Tolstoy's line that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Samarasan brilliantly tells this family's story against the backdrop of newly-indpendent Malaysia.… (plus d'informations)
This novel is interesting for the insight into life in Malaysia and particularly for a second / third generation Indian family living in Malaysia. There are few characters here that are attractive, with the exception of the three children of the Rajasekharan family. The narrative unfolds in a complicated haphazard way, flitting between dates to drip feed the reader information and this was disorientating and confusing. Most of the action takes place in the house and the street;, it feels as if the women and children rarely go out and this gives the novel a claustrophobic feel. The father does go out for long periods and we do follow him briefly and the mother makes a trip to her sister in another town at one time. This street, the houses and the occupants are clearly described and are part of the novel. There are many secrets that are revealed that explain the actions of characters and show how the characters have damaged each other. I found this a difficult novel to read because of the structure and the subject matter and got little joy from it.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 404
- Popularité
- #60,140
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 14
- ISBN
- 26
- Langues
- 8