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The Mistress of Spices Author(s) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Country United States Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Doubleday Publication date 6 February 1997 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 317 pp (first edition, hardback) ISBN ISBN 0-385-40769-6 (first edition, hardback) OCLC Number 36761021 The Mistress of Spices, (1997), set in contemporary Oakland, California, is a novel by Indian American writer and University of Houston Creative Writing Program professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
Plot summary
Tilo, the titular "Mistress of Spices," is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
Main article: The Mistress of Spices (film)The film The Mistress of Spices, based on the novel, was released in 2005. It is directed by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a script by Berges and his wife, British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha. The film stars Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott.
External links
- Official site
- Book review on sawnet.org
- Book review on penguinbooksindia.com
- Chitra Divakaruni at Random House
Categories:- 1997 novels
- American novels
- Novels set in California
- Novels by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Asian American novels
- Oakland, California
- 1990s novel stubs
- Asian American stubs
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