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An edition of Yoga Hotel (2003)

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In the 1970s, Maura Moynihan moved to New Delhi with her mother and father, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who at the time was U.S. ambassador to India. She wasfascinated by the country's contradictions: ancient religions amid urban chaos, the staggering disparity between rich and poor, and Indian familial tradition and the lure of Western novelty.From three decades of deeply sympathetic observation came the inspiration for these stories, in which the characters' beliefs are challenged as they interact with those outside their culture. British and American expatriates mingle with Indian friends, colleagues, and servants, and the stories follow the change, or failure to change, that results. Hari, a young Indian servant, hopes for his amiable British boss's help in escaping a prearranged wedding. An American embassy worker named Melanie becomes disillusioned when her married lover uses her to get a visa. At a Himalayan retreat, a wealthy group gathers to seek spiritual enlightenment, but their altruism is tested when they are asked to buy dowries for a poor Indian family.Through witty dialogue and engaging scenes, Moynihan examines how both easterners and westerners struggle for dignity. Replete with humor and poignancy, Yoga Hotel is a stunning literary debut from a writer who understands the complexity and universality of human hopes, fears, and desires.

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ReganBooks
Language
English
Pages
282

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Yoga Hotel
2009, HarperCollins
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Yoga Hotel: Stories
August 12, 2003, Harper Paperbacks
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Yoga Hotel: Stories
August 2003, Tandem Library
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2003, ReganBooks
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Table of Contents

A good job in Delhi
High commissioner for refugees
The visa
Paying guest
Masterji
In the heart of Braj

Edition Notes

Previously publised as: Masterji and other stories. 1999

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3613.O94 M37 2003, PS3613.O94M37 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 282 p. :
Number of pages
282

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17089283M
Internet Archive
yogahotelstories00moyn
ISBN 10
0060559322, 0060556366
LCCN
2003041347
OCLC/WorldCat
51478091
Library Thing
1315540
Goodreads
491885
906918

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