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Bezig met laden... Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel (origineel 2017; editie 2018)door Balli Kaur Jaswal (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkErotic Stories for Punjabi Widows door Balli Kaur Jaswal (2017)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Enjoyed reading about the Punjabi culture and the widows at the community center class (I’m a real sucker for any kind of story involving an evening class with quirky characters) but the plot line of the erotic stories was pretty over the top. I also found the window’s stories distracting from the main part of the novel - I know it sounds ridiculous to say this when the title has “erotic stories” right at the start, but I wasn’t actually expecting it to be filled with erotic stories! LOL I thought the title was going to be whimsical, but it was very literal. There is actual erotica in this novel and also some very heavy stuff like violence against women. I expected (and wanted) something more light-hearted, so it's hard to say if I didn't love this because it didn't fit my expectations or because it wasn't super excellent. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Every woman has a secret life . . .Nikki, a modern young Punjabi, lives in cosmopolitan London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father's death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a 'creative writing' course at the community centre in the beating heart of London's close-knit Punjabi community.The proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn English, not short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realises that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected--and exciting--kind. As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community's 'moral police'. But when the widows' gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife--a modern woman like Nikki--and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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What is in a name? In the case of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, everything and more.
Balli Kaur Jaswal has spun an incredible, eye-opening story into the lives of Punjabi widows, how honor is their highest desired attribute, and how women are to be quiet, meek, and chaste. Men lead the houses, the society, and the bedroom, yet women, especially the widows in Jaswal's book, have thoughts of their own.
When Nikki, a modern Punjabi 22-year-old, answers an ad for a teaching position at the local temple to help illiterate women learn to write and read, she is met with opposition as to her way of life, thinking, and curriculum. These women don't want to learn to write their A, B, Cs, they want to tell and transcribe their fantasies.
I must say, this book is steamy. Not in a Colleen Hoover way, but more in a clean, sensual, and romantic way. Think courgette in place of penis and peach instead of vagina.
Fantastical names of body parts and PG language to describe hot, sensual scenes aside, this book gives a fascinating insight into the tight-lipped, buttoned-up community of Punjabi women. I was amazed at what I didn't know and somewhat surprised by all I learned. ( )