About this work of fiction
Mirror Made of Rain : a Novel by Naheed Phiroze Patel is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
A The Millions Most Anticipated of 2022 Book An NPR Book of The Day "The writing is sharp, beautiful, very evocative. The characters pop off the page and are instantly recognizable. Noomi is so achingly human and alive. I love the subtlety of Patel's hand in the way she depicts Noomi and her world in Mirror Made of Rain. Everything feels so lush and gorgeous as the story at the heart of the novel emerges and eventually coheres to devastating effect." Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life and Filthy Animals "Patel is undaunted, as she dares to write about unlikable women, a far cry from the demure females that have long featured in Indian fiction... [She] has given us a dark, moody, brooding novel that explores the fissures of family with delicacy and conviction." Anandi Mishra, Los Angeles Review of Books Despite an embarrassing, alcoholic mother, Noomi Wadia is loathe to change her own hard-partying ways simply because it's what's expected in Kamalpur high society. As her peers begin to marry and her social obligations become more fraught, she finds herself under constant scrutiny at summer parties of the city's upper crust. With her options in her hometown growing increasingly limi
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Naheed Phiroze Patel
- Publisher
- Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3) : The Unnamed Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781951213619
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction