Tales of heritage that sweep across generations and continents
Feb 20, 2017 07:31 PM IST
In her latest novel Before We Visit The Goddess, award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores the complexity of mother-daughter relationships, and the significance of heritage
When Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s mother passed away a few years ago, the author began thinking about motherhood and daughterhood, and the idea of heritage – what her mother had passed on to her and that she was now passing on to her sons. The reflections led her to the characters of her latest, Before We Visit The Goddess, released last year to much critical acclaim. “I wanted to write a three-generational story, where we see heritage being passed on and how that changes through immigration,” she says. The author was in the country on a promotional tour, and was a panelist at the recently concluded Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet.
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