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The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America

 
Namrata Verghese (Author)
Synopsis

In The Juvenile Immigrant, her sparkling debut collection of short fiction, Namrata Verghese explores the disorders and triumphs of Indian immigrants, especially Malayalees, in America. At an airport, a mother on her way home to India fears the impact of racial profiling on her young daughter. But after emerging unscathed from the security booth, her daughter vanishes into thin air. Who will she turn to for help? Legally dependent on her husband ’s H1-B work visa for her continued stay in the US, Susan wakes up every morning fearing he is dead. When Ajay, an old flame from school, shows up on Facebook with his Mercedes and green card, Susan wonders what could have been. Back in his village for a few days to meet with a prospective bride, a man is forced to confront uncomfortable memories from his childhood. Will he agree to the arranged marriage, or does he long for something more? These, among sixteen other stories in this book, brilliantly evoke interior dramas of dislocation, racism, mental illness, marriage and infidelity with surprising twists of humour, pathos and pessimism. Marked by keen psychological insight and visceral prose, they speak urgently to our contemporary moment.

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About the author

Namrata Verghese

Namrata Verghese graduated from Emory University in 2019 as a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. A ‘juvenile immigrant’ herself, she was born in India and spent her early years in England before moving to the United States. Her writing has appeared in Tin House Online, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, World Literature Today and elsewhere. The Juvenile Immigrant is her first book.

 

 

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Bibliographic information

Title The Juvenile Immigrant: Indian Stories from America
Format Softcover
Date published: 28.08.2019
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Speaking Tiger
Language: English
isbn 9789389231090
length 176p.