{"product_id":"wont-you-stay-radhika-paperback","title":"Won't You Stay, Radhika? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUsha Priyamvada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her widowed father marries a younger woman, Radhika's world falls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapart. She feels betrayed-the emotional and intellectual bond that she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad forged with him since the early death of her mother breaks with that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esudden marriage. To escape the unbearable situation at home-the growing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erift between her and her father-Radhika moves to Chicago to pursue her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaster's in fine arts. She returns to India two years later, burdened by a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esense of alienation and homesickness, only to realize that while nothing had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanged in her country, everything had. The family that she had longed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe reunited with barely acknowledges her arrival. The sense of belonging is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emissing, leaving her in 'an emotional state of in-between-ness, of universal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunbelonging'. As days pass, Radhika is paralysed with ennui, which tinges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall her relationships-romantic or filial. So she lies on her takht, bored, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmobile, uninspired...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary chronicler of the inner lives of the urban Indian woman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsha Priyamvada is a pioneering figure in modern Hindi literature. Won't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Stay, Radhika?, first published in 1967, expertly explores the stifling and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enarrow-minded social ideals that continue to trap so many Indian women in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe complex web of individual freedom, and social and familial obligation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy Rockwell's sensitive and skilful translation brings this poignant Hindi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel to a new set of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780495212832,"sku":"9789354475757","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e1cbe3269f0391c5c121857dbb7a8995.webp?v=1780529592","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wont-you-stay-radhika-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}