{"product_id":"my-name-is-sita-paperback","title":"My Name Is Sita - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBea Vianen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKristen Gehrman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBea Vianen rose to prominence as a writer in both her native Suriname and its European colonizer, the Netherlands, with the publication of \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Sita \u003c\/i\u003ein 1969. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the 1950s in the Caribbean Dutch colony during an era of social and ethnic turmoil, this coming-of-age novel shadows Sita, a young East Indian girl, as she copes with the loss of her mother and defends herself against her father's many mistakes, while also trying to care for her younger brother and carve out a life for herself in a staunchly rigid culture. Beneath the festering, lush, and humid tropical setting, Sita's struggles only become more difficult with her best friend's departure and an unwanted pregnancy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now considered a contemporary Dutch classic, \u003ci\u003e My Name is Sita\u003c\/i\u003e makes it all too clear what women have had to, and continue to, sacrifice in the name of claiming their identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBea Vianen \u003c\/b\u003e(1935-2019) is one of the most important and groundbreaking Dutch Caribbean authors of the 1970s, writing about entrapment and escape, freedom and the lack of it. Her prose and poetry revolve around her Hindu heritage and the effects of colonialism in Suriname.\u003ci\u003e My Name Is Sita\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), in which she describes the sense of suffocation in her native country with extraordinary sharpness, became a classic both in the Netherlands and Suriname. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristen Gehrman\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator from Dutch to English. Recent translations include\u003ci\u003e The History of My Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e by Tobi Lakmaker (Granta), \u003ci\u003e The Tree and the Vine\u003c\/i\u003e by Dola de Jong (Transit Books) and \u003ci\u003eThe Melting \u003c\/i\u003eby Lize Spit (Picador). Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, she now lives in The Hague, The Netherlands, with her husband and young daughter.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.23 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763598360864,"sku":"9789533514369","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85c38f65a8cf58fb515c35c482b435b0.webp?v=1780236478","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-name-is-sita-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}