{"product_id":"9780670999071","title":"Water: A Novel","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe renowned author Bapsi Sidhwa and the equally renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta share a unique artistic relationship: Mehta adapted Sidhwa’s novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCracking India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e for her brilliant film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEarth,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and here, Sidhwa adapts Mehta’s controversial film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to the printed page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi’s rise to power, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow’s ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows’s lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram’s delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Bapsi Sidhwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42988102942880,"sku":"9780670999071","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/41S7xgQrLVL._SX298_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1691352185","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780670999071","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}