The Peshawar Lancers
December 16, 2008
Author: S. M. Stirling
Copyright: 2002
Publisher: ROC
Started: 12/16/08
Completed: 12/25/08
My brother Matt loaned me this book. It is an alternative-history novel based on the premise that a natural disaster in the latter half of the 19th Century interrupted history. The novel is set in a 21st century that is still using steam-based technology. It is a good adventure story and an interesting sorta-science-fiction story.
A Good Indian Wife
May 12, 2008
Author: Anne Cherian
Copyright: 2008
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Started: 5/12/08
Completed: 5/17/08
I didn’t know much about this book when I started it. It did represent a complete sea change from the previous book I had read, though.
A Good Indian Wife follows the story of a modern Indian couple who find themselves living in California in an arranged marriage. There is a culture clash between the Indian diaspora and society back on the Indian subcontinent. It makes for an interesting examination of marriage, relationships, culture, and tradition.
