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Language English Pages 309 Genre Fiction Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 3.4/5 Goodreads Publication date 2004 Originally published 2004 Page count 309 ISBN 9780374195625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Fiction books The Namesake, The White Tiger, Essential Man‑Thing - Vol 1, The Unvanquished, Fallen Gods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Madras on Rainy Days is a novel written by Samina Ali and published in 2004.
Contents
Overview
The books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. Layla, torn between clashing identities, agrees to her parents' wish for her to leave America and submit to an arranged marriage, Layla enters into the closed world of tradition and ritual as the wedding preparations get underway in Hyderabad.
Awards and recognition
In 2004, Madras on Rainy Days received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award in Fiction. The book also won the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award in 2005, and was awarded the Prix Premier Roman Étranger 2005 Award in France.
In July 2014, the book was chosen as a best debut novel of the yearby Poets & Writers magazine. The magazine featured Samina on the cover in July/August 2004 issue.