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Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers. Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tilo--in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman--travels through time to Oakland, California, where she opens a shop from which she administers spices as curatives to her customers. An unexpected romance with a handsome stranger eventually forces her to choose between the supernatural life of an immortal and the vicissitudes of modern life. Spellbinding and hypnotizing, The Mistress of Spices is a tale of joy and sorrow and one special woman's magical powers.Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, born in India, is an award-winning poet who teaches creative writing at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, where she also serves as president of MAITRI, a helpline for South Asian women. In 1995 her short story collection Arranged Marriage was awarded the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for Fiction, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction, and an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Her fourth poetry collection, Leaving Yuba City, was published by Anchor in August 1997.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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East Indians, Fiction, Spices, Women immigrants, Fiction, general, California, fictionPlaces
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The Mistress of Spices
2009, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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0307476774 9780307476777
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Die Hüterin der Gewürze: Roman
2001, Diana Verlag
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in German
- 12. Auflage
3453150147 9783453150140
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The mistress of spices
1998, Anchor Books
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0385482388 9780385482387
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The mistress of spices
1997, Anchor Books
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038548237X 9780385482370
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