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Memories of Rain

by Sunetra Gupta · 1992

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'Memories of Rain marks the triumphant debut of a gifted and compelling voice...Gupta has built upon tradition and rendered it new and compelling. And she has done so in writing of the highest quality, perceptive, precise, and wholly original.'—Shashi Tharoor, The Washington Post

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisCalcuttaCalcuttaMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 198 pages

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