An American Brat: A Novel
Nov 2012 · Milkweed Editions
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A sheltered Pakistani girl is sent to America by her parents, with unexpected results: "Entertaining, often hilarious . . . Not just another immigrant's tale." — Publishers Weekly
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan—and influencing their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl's rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying.
A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza finds her perceptions of America, her homeland, and herself beginning to alter. When she falls in love with a Jewish American, her family is aghast. Feroza realizes just how far she has come—and wonders how much further she can go—in a delightful, remarkably funny coming-of-age novel that offers an acute portrayal of America as seen through the eyes of a perceptive young immigrant.
"Humorous and affecting." — Library Journal
"Exceptional." — Los Angeles Times
"Her characters [are] painted so vividly you can almost hear them bickering." — The New York Times
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan—and influencing their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl's rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying.
A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza finds her perceptions of America, her homeland, and herself beginning to alter. When she falls in love with a Jewish American, her family is aghast. Feroza realizes just how far she has come—and wonders how much further she can go—in a delightful, remarkably funny coming-of-age novel that offers an acute portrayal of America as seen through the eyes of a perceptive young immigrant.
"Humorous and affecting." — Library Journal
"Exceptional." — Los Angeles Times
"Her characters [are] painted so vividly you can almost hear them bickering." — The New York Times
A sheltered Pakistani girl is sent to America by her parents, with unexpected results: "Entertaining, often hilarious . . . Not just another immigrant's tale." — Publishers Weekly
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are a...
About the author
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, and raised in Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa has been lauded as "Pakistan's finest English-language novelist." Sidhwa is the author of four novels: The Bride, Crow Eaters, An American Brat, and Cracking India (first published as Ice-Candy-Man in the UK), which was a New York Times Notable Book, nominated by the American Library Association as a Notable Book, and won the LiBerature Prize in Germany in 1991, and was made into the award-winning film Earth by Canadian/Indian director Deepa Mehta in 1999. Sidhwa was the recipient the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest honor in the arts in 1991, and was inducted into the Zoroastrian Hall of Fame in 2000. She has been awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award, and the Bunting Fellowship from Radcliffe, amongst other honors. Her novels have been published abroad in India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Germany, Greece, and Italy. She has taught at several universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Though she now resides with her husband in Houston, Texas, Sidhwa travels often to Pakistan, seeking the inspiration of Lahore and working as an activist for women's and minority rights.
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, and raised in Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa has been lauded as "Pakistan's finest English-language novelist." Sidhwa is the author of four novels: The Bride, Crow Eaters, An American Brat, and Cracking India (first published as Ice-Candy-Man in the UK), which was a New York Time...
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