{"product_id":"inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","title":"Inside the Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2025 Georgia Author of the Year Award \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the 2024 New American Voices Award \u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Award in Literary Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Award in Multicultural Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 American Fiction Award in Literary Fiction \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the 2024 American Fiction Award in Multicultural Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule. Her twin sister, Kamlesh, a passionate student of Bharata Natyam dance, complies with her father's decision that she become a schoolteacher while secretly pursuing forbidden dreams of dancing onstage and in the movies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Jaya moves out of her family home to live with a woman mentor, she suffers grievous consequences as a rare woman in the men's domain of art. Not only does her departure from home threaten her family's standing and crush her reputation; Jaya loses a vital connection to Kamlesh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapur's \u003ci\u003eInside the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the aftermath of colonialism, as an impoverished India struggles to remake itself into a modern state. Jaya's story encompasses art, history, political revolt, love, and women's ambition to seize their own power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2573520\"\u003eParul Kapur\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496236784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496236785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC105020\"\u003eWorld Literature | India | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014080\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParul Kapur\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Assam, India, grew up in the United States, and lives in Atlanta. She is a fiction writer, journalist, and literary critic whose writing has appeared in a number of publications, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Kapur holds an MFA from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the Hambidge Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456306852077,"sku":"9781496236784","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_e0444abb-b537-4966-9153-2432720c2816.jpg?v=1753552674","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}