by Kavita Daswani · Altaya · tapa dura · ISBN 9788448724177
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«Con fines matrimoniales» is Kavita Daswani's romantic novel, published by Altaya in hardback (315 pages, in Spanish).
An independent young woman raised in New York returns to Bombay, where her family tries to find her a suitable husband. Between suitors expecting a submissive wife and relatives determined to marry her off, she goes through an ordeal as comic as it is revealing. An ironic look at arranged marriage and the clash of cultures.
Spanish edition of 2008. Vivencias de mujer collection. Translation by Verónica Canales Medina of the original 'For Matrimonial Purposes'. The work was originally published in 2003.
For readers of romantic comedy and contemporary fiction about the clash between tradition and modernity, set in India.
Kavita Daswani is an Indian-American author. Her novels, such as Salaam, Paris, deal with the Indian practice of arranged marriages, and features heroines that refuse to go along with tradition.
