Gupta's stream of consciousness prose is at times reminiscent of Virginia Woolf but I found Gupta more accessible. Moni is a young Indian woman who marries an Englishman but the relationship is fraught with misunderstanding. She plans to return to her family in Calcutta but she has a small daughter whose life will be impoverished in a world of hardship and the ever present threat of the monsoon.
(Judith Peppitt - bwl 84 Spring 2017 ) |