The Space Between Us
by Thrity N. Umrigar
Taste attributes: dramaheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentarycomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeEmotional and realistic: a serious novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Each morning, Bhima, a domestic servant in contemporary Bombay, leaves her own small shanty in the slums to tend to another woman's house. In Sera Dubash's home, Bhima scrubs the floors of a house in which she remains an outsider. She cleans furniture she is not permitted to sit on. She washes glasses from which she is not allowed to drink.
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- Author
- Thrity N. Umrigar
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 328
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- Source
- Open Library
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