the mistress of spices by chitra banerjee divakaruni

Her writings have appeared in more than 50 magazines, including Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker.ĭivakaruni was born in India and came to the United States at 19.

Currently-lives in Houston, Texas and San Jose, Calif.Ĭhitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the author of the bestselling novels Queen of Dreams, Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, and The Vine of Desire, and of the prizewinning story collections Arranged Marriage and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives.

Education-B.A., Kolkata University Ph.D., University of.

Spellbinding and hypnotizing, The Mistress of Spices is a tale of joy and sorrow and one special woman's magical powers. An unexpected romance with a handsome stranger eventually forces her to choose between the supernatural life of an immortal and the vicissitudes of modern life.

Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tilo-in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman-travels through time to Oakland, California, where she opens a shop from which she administers spices as curatives to her customers. Her fourth poetry collection, Leaving Yuba City, was published by Anchor in August 1997.From the Trade Paperback edition.Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers. In 1995 her short story collection Arranged Marriage was awarded the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for Fiction, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction, and an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Spellbinding and hypnotizing, The Mistress of Spices is a tale of joy and sorrow and one special woman's magical powers.Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, born in India, is an award-winning poet who teaches creative writing at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, where she also serves as president of MAITRI, a helpline for South Asian women.

Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers.

The mistress of spices by chitra banerjee divakaruni