{"product_id":"inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","title":"Inside the Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the AWP Prize for the Novel \u003cbr\u003e Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024 \u003cbr\u003e Named to\u003ci\u003e Brown Girl Bookshelf's\u003c\/i\u003e List of 24 Books to Read in 2024 \u003cbr\u003e 2024 American Fiction Award Winner in Literary Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2024 American Fiction Award Finalist in Multicultural Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2024 New American Voices Award Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCenter for Fiction's 2024 First Novel Prize Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women's education who assumes the right to choose his daughters' vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city's dynamic new modern art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule. Her twin sister, Kamlesh, a passionate student of Bharata Natyam dance, complies with her father's decision that she become a schoolteacher while secretly pursuing forbidden dreams of dancing onstage and in the movies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Jaya moves out of her family home to live with a woman mentor, she suffers grievous consequences as a rare woman in the men's domain of art. Not only does her departure from home threaten her family's standing and crush her reputation; Jaya loses a vital connection to Kamlesh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapur's \u003ci\u003eInside the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is set in the aftermath of colonialism, as an impoverished India struggles to remake itself into a modern state. Jaya's story encompasses art, history, political revolt, love, and women's ambition to seize their own power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParul Kapur\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Assam, India, grew up in the United States, and lives in Atlanta. She is a fiction writer, journalist, and literary critic whose writing has appeared in a number of publications, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Kapur holds an MFA from Columbia University and has received fellowships from the Hambidge Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598524682514,"sku":"9781496236784","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28314ac6-eb98-4577-9723-4565a909abc2.jpg?v=1732186653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inside-the-mirror-9781496236784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}