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A New York Times Notable Book: A girl's happy home life is suddenly disrupted by the 1947 Partition of India in this "multifaceted jewel of a novel" ( Houston Chronicle ). Young Lenny Sethi is kept out of school because she suffers from polio. She spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, visiting with the many admirers that Ayah draws. It is in the company of these working-class characters that Lenny learns about religious differences, religious intolerance, and the blossoming genocidal strife on the eve of Partition. As she matures, Lenny begins to identify the differences between the Hindus, Moslems, and Sikhs engaging in political arguments all around her. Lenny enjoys a happy, privileged life in Lahore, but the kidnapping of her beloved Ayah signals a dramatic change. Soon Lenny's world erupts in religious, ethnic, and racial violence. In this tale from "Pakistan's finest English-language novelist" ( The New York Times Book Review ), the profound upheaval that was the 1947 Partition of India is dramatically revealed through the story of one young girl, whose account of her experience proves by turns insightful, funny, and heartbreaking. "Lenny's honesty is compelling .

Who reads Cracking India : A Novel?

Author

Sidhwa, Bapsi

Publisher

Milkweed Editions : Made available through hoopla

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781571318275

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.2 / 5 (204 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14