Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s book, Burnt Sugar (released as Girl in White Cotton in India), has made it to the Booker Prize long-lis...
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s book, Burnt Sugar (released as Girl in White Cotton in India), has made it to the Booker Prize long-list for 2020. Doshi is a United States citizen.
In the book, Antara, a slightly angry and sad daughter, tries to cope with the reality of her mother Tara’s memory loss. In addition to forgetting to switch off the gas at night, Tara has been forgetting that her friends are dead, and does not accept her illness. While the two have had a difficult relationship, Antara now has no idea how to care for her mother.
The other characters in the book are Dilip (Antara’s husband), Anikka (her daughter), her father and his new wife, and her mother-in-law. But it is Antara and Tara who are the central characters of the plot.
According to The Booker Prizes, which announced the long list, “This is a love story and it is a story about betrayal. But not between lovers – between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Avni Doshi tests the limits of what we can know for certain about those we are closest to, and by extension, about ourselves.”
Doshi, born in New Jersey, now lives in Dubai, according to her website. She has a BA...
