Cracking India
| Author | Bapsi Sidhwa |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Milkweed Editions |
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Publication date
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1991 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 289 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 23462280 |
| 823 20 | |
| LC Class | PR9540.9.S53 I34 1991 |
Cracking India, (1991, U.S., 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England) is a novel by author Bapsi Sidhwa.
Sidhwa's novel deals with the partition of India and its aftermaths. This is the first novel by a female novelist from Pakistan which describes the fate of people in Lahore. The novel deals with "the bloody partition of India through the eyes of a girl Lenny growing up in a Parsee family, surviving through female bonding and rebellion."
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