Cracking India (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Bapsi Sidhwa
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1944-1948
- Setting: Pakistan
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Politics, Gender roles, 1940’s, Rape, Asia or Asians, Violence, India or East Indian people, Polio, Civil wars, Pakistan or Pakistanis
- Locales: Pakistan
Characters Discussed
Lenny, the protagonist and narrator. Lenny is eight years old in 1947, at the time of the partition of India that creates Pakistan. The protected and pampered daughter of a wealthy Parsee family in Lahore, she not only observes the violence that engulfs the city but also witnesses and participates in the consequent upheaval that affects both her family and her circle of friends. As the events unfold and the horror that the partition creates encroaches on her childhood, she gains a fuller understanding of her own nature and the adult world.
Ayah,...
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