A Matter Of Time by Deshpande Shashi & That Long Silence (Set of 2 books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Jay's life comes apart at the seams when her husband is asked to leave his job while allegations of business malpractice against him are investigated. Her familiar existence disrupted her husband's reputation in question and their future as a family in jeopardy Jaya a failed writer is haunted by memories of the past. Differences with her husband frustrations in their seventeen-year-old marriage disappointment in her two teenage children the claustrophobia of her childhood and mdash all begin to surface. In her small suburban Bombay flat Jaya grapples with these and other truths about herself and mdash among them her failure at writing and her fear of anger. Shashi Deshpande gives us an exceptionally accomplished portrayal of a woman trying to erase a 'long silence' begun in childhood and rooted in her and in the constraints of her life. About the Author Shashi Deshpande daughter of the renowned Kannada dramatist and Sanskrit scholar Shriranga was born in Dharwad. At the age of fifteen she went to Mumbai graduated in economics then moved to Bangalore where she gained a degree in law. Her writing career began in earnest only in 1970 initially with short stories of which several volumes have been published. She is the author of four children`s books and seven previous novels the best known of which are The Dark Holds No Terror That Long Silence which won the Sahitya Akademi award and Small Remedies.A Matter Of Time is a multi-generational story that explores the intricate relationships within an extended family.The story set in present day Karnataka is narrated in the individual voices of the characters. One day Sumi’s husband Gopal walks out on her and their three daughters without offering any kind of explanation. Surprisingly the wife too doesn't even ask him for a reason and this unsettles the young girls. Sumi takes her daughters Aru Charu and Seema to her ancestral house. Her parents Kalyani and Shripati live together but have not spoken to each other for more than three decades. Gradually the mystery behind the strange and oppressive silence is unveiled. Kalyani finally starts to open up as her relationships with her daughter and granddaughters deepen. Meanwhile eighteen-year-old Aru is convinced that she is the reason because her father deserted the family. The pain of a broken home causes turbulence in her life. She struggles to understand why her mother did not stop Gopal from leaving. A Matter Of Time illustrates how Aru’s life changes in the coming months and how she forges life-changing relationships that even takes her by surprise.A Matter Of Time beautifully weaves together elements of Hinduism into the world of modern India. The author’s simple yet powerful prose highlights many deeply unsettling issues about passive suffering and gender differences. This novel is to be read and to be pondered over to really understand the its true meaning. A Matter Of Time published by Penguin India in 2000 is available in paperback.