书目

Dancing with the Two-headed Tigress[与两个头的凶悍的女人共舞]

内容简介

SetinEngland,IndiaandIreland,thisisacomictaleoffishoutofwater.Whenherboorishfatherdies,fat,unsophisticatedMousumiissentfromIndiatohercosmopolitanrelationsinLondon.Fortheglamourofthewesternworld,sheleavesbehindbothherforlornmotherandanamorousshopkeeper.Onarrival,sheismetbytheMajumdarfamily:Prakash-adoctorwithtoomuchheart,greatcookandman-about-the-house;Tuhina-asuccessfulinvestmentbankerandindulgentmother;andDarshini-anonchalanteighteen-year-old,audaciouscoin-flipperandpossessorofetherealbeauty.SuchanoffbeathouseholdterrifiesMousumi-howwillshefitin?Canshemeettheirhighstandards?Andwillshebegintoquestionthelifeshehasknown?Thisisawittysocialcomedyofculturalmisunderstandingandpeoplewhosimplydon'tgeton.

作者简介

TinaBiswaswasbornin1978andreadPolitics,Philosophy&EconomicsatNewCollege,Oxford.ShelivesinLondon.

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