One Amazing Thing (Reprint) (Paperback) by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> "When an earthquake hits, nine men and women of diverse ages and backgrounds are trapped in an Indian consulate. Cameron, an African American Vietnam vet, takes charge, striving to keep them safe. College student Uma, who brought along The Canterbury Tales to read while waiting for clerk Malathi and her boss Mangalam to process her papers, suggests that they each tell an important story from their lives. Their tales of heartbreak and revelation are nuanced and riveting as Divakaruni takes fresh measure of the transcendent power of stories and the pilgrimage tradition. True, the nine, including an older couple, a young Muslim man, and a Chinese Indian grandmother and her granddaughter, are captives of a disaster, but they are also pilgrims of the spirit, seeking one amazing thing affirming that life, for all its pain, is miraculous"--Booklist. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>An acclaimed novel by the author of <i>The Mistress of Spices</i>, and <i>Before We Visit the Goddess</i>. Jhumpa Lahiri praises: "<i>One Amazing Thing</i> collapses the walls dividing characters and cultures; what endures is a chorus of voices in one single room."</b> <p/> Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. A punky teenager with an unexpected gift. An upper-class Caucasian couple whose relationship is disintegrating. A young Muslim-American man struggling with the fallout of 9/11. A graduate student haunted by a question about love. An African-American ex-soldier searching for redemption. A Chinese grandmother with a secret past. And two visa office workers on the verge of an adulterous affair. <p/> When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. There's little food. The office begins to flood. Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the young graduate student suggests that each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself. From Chitra Divakaruni, author of such finely wrought, bestselling novels as <i>Sister of My Heart, The Palace of Illusions</i>, and <i>The Mistress of Spices</i>, comes her most compelling and transporting story to date. <i>One Amazing Thing</i> is a passionate creation about survival -- and about the reasons to survive. <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> "Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller; she illuminates the world with her artistry; and shakes the reader with her love."--<b><i>Junot Diaz</b></i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Chitra Divakaruni</b> is an award-winning and bestselling novelist and poet. She is the author of fourteen books in all, including the short story collection <i>The Unknown Errors of Our Lives</i> and the novels <i>Sister of My Heart, The Mistress of Spices, Queen of Dreams, </i> and <i>The Palace of Illusions</i>. Two of her novels have been made into movies. Her writings have appeared in more than fifty magazines, including the <i>Atlantic Monthly</i> and the <i>New Yorker</i>. She has also become a frequently sought-after op-ed and NPR commentator regarding how the West perceives Southeast Asia.
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