Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.
Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its 'china room' locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, before finally finding the strength to return 'home'.
| ISBN: | 9781911215868 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 2021 |
| Author: | Sunjeev Sahota |
| Publisher: | Harvill Secker an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men.
China Room features in the following genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes
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China Room was written by Sunjeev Sahota and published by Harvill Secker an imprint of Vintage Publishing
