Shiva Dancing - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

Kidnapped from her homeland, young Meena is unable to find her way home and is soon adopted by an American couple, but as time passes, Meena feels a desire to return to her village and find the man chosen for her by her father to be her husband. A first novel. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Reseña del editor

Unfolding a rich tapestry of custom and tradition, "Shiva Dancing" takes us from the arid desert plains of Northern India to the bustle and charm of San Francisco to modern-day Calcutta as a spirited woman seeks to reconnect with her past.

Meena Kumari was seven when she was abducted from her village in Rajasthan. Though she managed to escape a life of slavery, she was unable to find her way home, and was adopted by a wealthy American couple.

Now thirty-five, Meena has a flourishing career in San Francisco, but she lacks a personal life and keenly feels the separation from her heritage. Lonely and homesick, she sets out to find her old village, and the man designated to be her husband in a childhood arranged marriage. But her mission is complicated by her growing involvement with Antoine Dobson, a sexy American novelist, who seems to find in Meena the same soulmate she seeks for herself. As she embarks for India, she begins a journey that will change her life forever, and renew her faith in herself.