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092			_aSAHOTA, _bSUNJEEV
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSahota, Sunjeev, _d1981- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChina room / _cSunjeev Sahota.
250			_aFirst United States edition.
264		1	_a[New York] : _bViking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a243 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A transfixing novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves--one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora. Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family's "china room," sequestered from contact with the men--except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn't want her to know. From beneath her veil, she studies the sounds of the men's voices, the calluses on their fingers as she serves them tea. Soon she glimpses something that seems to confirm which of the brothers is her husband, and a series of events is set in motion that will put more than one life at risk. As the early stirrings of the Indian independence movement rise around her, Mehar must weigh her own desires against the reality--and danger--of her situation. Spiraling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who arrives at his uncle's house in Punjab in the summer of 1999, hoping to shake an addiction that has held him in its grip for more than two years. Growing up in small-town England as the son of an immigrant shopkeeper, his experiences of racism, violence, and estrangement from the culture of his birth led him to seek a dangerous form of escape. As he rides out his withdrawal at his family's ancestral home--an abandoned farmstead, its china room mysteriously locked and barred--he begins to knit himself back together, gathering strength for the journey home. Partly inspired by award-winning author Sunjeev Sahota's family history, China Room is at once a deft exploration of how systems of power circumscribe individual lives and a deeply moving portrait of the unconquerable human capacity to resist them. At once sweeping and intimate, lush and propulsive, it is a stunning achievement from a contemporary master"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aVillages _zIndia _zPunjab _vFiction.
650		0	_aDysfunctional families _vFiction. _952527
650		0	_aSpouses _vFiction. _94741
650		0	_aMarriage _vFiction. _93337
650		0	_aRedemption _vFiction. _9135100
650		0	_aSecrecy _vFiction.
651		0	_aPunjab (India) _vFiction. _9207141
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aPolitical fiction. _2lcgft _918680
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
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