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A #1 bestseller in India: Three generations of Delhi shopkeepers confront a changing world
Home tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi. An immigrant from Pakistan, Banwari Lal believes in fate, faith, and hard work. He comes to India after the Partition and opens a sari business. His daughter is given away into an arranged marriage, with tragic consequences. His eldest son is determined to marry for love. He soon sets his sights on beautiful seventeen-year-old Sona, who walks into the family shop one fine day in May of 1965. But it is Banwari Lal’s granddaughter Nisha who will become the family’s heart as they move from sorrow to prosperity. Spanning thirty years, Home is an extraordinary novel about tradition, change, and finding a place in which to belong.
Home tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi. An immigrant from Pakistan, Banwari Lal believes in fate, faith, and hard work. He comes to India after the Partition and opens a sari business. His daughter is given away into an arranged marriage, with tragic consequences. His eldest son is determined to marry for love. He soon sets his sights on beautiful seventeen-year-old Sona, who walks into the family shop one fine day in May of 1965. But it is Banwari Lal’s granddaughter Nisha who will become the family’s heart as they move from sorrow to prosperity. Spanning thirty years, Home is an extraordinary novel about tradition, change, and finding a place in which to belong.
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Manju Kapur taught English literature at Miranda House College at Delhi University for over twenty-five years. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, was published in 1998 and won the Commonwealth Prize for best first novel, Eurasia region. Her second novel, A Married Woman, was published in 2002 and was shortlisted for the Encore Award; her third, Home, was nominated for the Hutch Crossword Book Award in 2006; and her fourth, The Immigrant (2008), was a finalist for the India Plaza Golden Quill Award and the DSC Prize of South Asian Literature. Her fifth novel, Custody (2011), has been optioned by Balaji Telefilms. Her work has been translated into numerous languages including German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Marathi, and Hindi. She lives in New Delhi.
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