Items related to Rich Like Us
Synopsis
The lives of two very different New Delhi women are traced from the period following Indira Gandhi's declaration of the Emergency through to each woman's discovery that power and riches are useless substitutes for love
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Nayantara Sahgal is a novelist and political commentator who has published eight novels and seven works of non-fiction. She has won the Sinclair Fiction Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
From Publishers Weekly
The focal characters of this novel, set in New Delhi during the turbulences provoked by Indira Gandhi's sterilization campaign and state of emergency, are two womenone Indian, the other Cockney Englishlong-time, deeply devoted friends. Sonali is Oxford-bred, cultured, a scholar and former civil servant infamously betrayed out of a promising career in government; Rose is the second wife of Ram, a Kashmiri businessman laid low by a stroke. Very different in background, they are profoundly related by the fact that they are women in a society that affords little recourse to a native daughter and no legal rights whatever to the second wife in a polygamous household. Rose is in fact murdered because she might constitute a threat to male dominance; but the resourceful Sonali is able to apply her learning to a fresh start. The novel, which teems with the actualities of life in Indiacorruption, injustice, bureaucratic finaglingis wonderfully set apart by a fine, clear, disenchanted eye and an acerbic moral intelligence that is devastating without ever raising its voice.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSceptre
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0340404329
- ISBN 13 9780340404324
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages268
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002345795
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like Us
Published by
Sceptre, Great Britain, 1993
ISBN 10: 0340404329
ISBN 13: 9780340404324
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: G+. Reprint. 268pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & chipped; light soiling on covers. Glossary. Seller Inventory # 200731
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Seller Inventory # 7719-9780340404324
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
Rich Like Us
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.45. Seller Inventory # 0340404329-2-3
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages. Seller Inventory # wbs8858719638
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Seller Inventory # CHL6561541
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like Us
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.45. Seller Inventory # 353-0340404329-gdd
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: Bahamut Media, Reading, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780340404324
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
Rich Like Us
Published by
Sceptre, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0340404329
ISBN 13: 9780340404324
Used
Mass Market Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Krokodile Books, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First paperback edition. A stry of India, very underrated novel. Seller Inventory # 010633
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Rich Like us Sahgal
Seller: madelyns books, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Used: Very Good. Very good clean copy. Sent next working day from the u/k 1st class 0.0. Seller Inventory # 0720H129017
Quantity: 1 available