The Sari Shop
by Rupa Bajwa

Viking/Penguin, UK
ISBN: 067091472X
WW Norton, USA
ISBN: 0393059227
Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143031589

A 28-year-old first-time author has already made her own distinct mark on the rich landscape of current writing from India. Bajwa's novel revolves around Ramchand, a poor shopkeeper in Bajwa's real-life hometown of Amritsar, northwest India. Ramchand's view of his lot in life is dramatically altered when he delivers some high-priced fabric to a wealthy family.

Rupa Bajwa

Rupa Bajwa was born in 1976, in Amritsar, where she is currently based. She has recently won the Grinzane Cavour Prize 2005 for Young New Authors and the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Eurasia Region) for The Sari Shop, which was also longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2004.

Information about the author and photo from: penguinbooksindia.com