{"product_id":"inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","title":"Inside the Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel \u003cbr\u003e Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024 \u003cbr\u003e Named to\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Brown Girl Bookshelf's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e List of 24 Books to Read in 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 Parul Kapur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e The James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\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\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496236784","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706816696457,"sku":"9781496236784","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0e9ded86-cff6-4f16-a97b-b7d1eeee8a30.jpg?v=1719466883","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}