{"product_id":"wont-you-stay-radhika-9789354475757","title":"Won't You Stay, Radhika?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter her widowed father marries a younger woman, Radhika's world falls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapart. She feels betrayed-the emotional and intellectual bond that she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad forged with him since the early death of her mother breaks with that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esudden marriage. To escape the unbearable situation at home-the growing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erift between her and her father-Radhika moves to Chicago to pursue her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaster's in fine arts. She returns to India two years later, burdened by a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esense of alienation and homesickness, only to realize that while nothing had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanged in her country, everything had. The family that she had longed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe reunited with barely acknowledges her arrival. The sense of belonging is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emissing, leaving her in 'an emotional state of in-between-ness, of universal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunbelonging'. As days pass, Radhika is paralysed with ennui, which tinges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall her relationships-romantic or filial. So she lies on her takht, bored, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmobile, uninspired...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary chronicler of the inner lives of the urban Indian woman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsha Priyamvada is a pioneering figure in modern Hindi literature. Won't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Stay, Radhika?, first published in 1967, expertly explores the stifling and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enarrow-minded social ideals that continue to trap so many Indian women in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe complex web of individual freedom, and social and familial obligation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy Rockwell's sensitive and skilful translation brings this poignant Hindi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel to a new set of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2619246\"\u003eUsha Priyamvada\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354475757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354475752\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-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365404045549,"sku":"9789354475757","price":34.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5a295021-4f21-4e65-b3cc-7fbb428eceab.jpg?v=1698942386","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/wont-you-stay-radhika-9789354475757","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}