{"product_id":"inside-the-mirror-paperback","title":"Inside the Mirror - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eParul Kapur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Georgia Author of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Center for Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 New American Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Award in Literary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Award in Multicultural Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 American Fiction Award in Literary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2024 American Fiction Award in Multicultural Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule. Her twin sister, Kamlesh, a passionate student of Bharata Natyam dance, complies with her father's decision that she become a schoolteacher while secretly pursuing forbidden dreams of dancing onstage and in the movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jaya moves out of her family home to live with a woman mentor, she suffers grievous consequences as a rare woman in the men's domain of art. Not only does her departure from home threaten her family's standing and crush her reputation; Jaya loses a vital connection to Kamlesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapur's \u003ci\u003eInside the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the aftermath of colonialism, as an impoverished India struggles to remake itself into a modern state. Jaya's story encompasses art, history, political revolt, love, and women's ambition to seize their own power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParul Kapur\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Assam, India, grew up in the United States, and lives in Atlanta. She is a fiction writer, journalist, and literary critic whose writing has appeared in a number of publications, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Kapur holds an MFA from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the Hambidge Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47649777615037,"sku":"9781496236784","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/qRhLUn6UN19781496236784.webp?v=1784091259","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/inside-the-mirror-paperback","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}