The Immigrant: A Novel. The Immigrant. : Manju Kapur. Open Road Media, May 20, 2014 - Fiction - 335 pages. In a world of rapidly changing values and traditions, an Indian woman enters into an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows and moves to distant Canada. Thirty-year-old Nina is an English teacher living alone in Jangpura, India. As certain truths unfold, she realizes that establishing a new life will take more than she thinks." "Manju Kapur describes Nina's struggle to define herself with great honesty, sensitivity, and intelligence. The Immigrant is an intimate exploration of marriage, what it costs to start again - and what we can never leave behind."--Jacket Manju Kapur's The Immigrant is story of two immigrants, Nina and Ananda. Nina, like Manju Kapur, teaches English literature at Miranda House. She was not married till the age of 30. Ananda, who lives in Canada, wants to marry an Indian girl, and marries Nina. Nina goes to Canada as an immigrant and her journey of life starts in a totally new New Delhi, India: Swastic publishers; c2016. Download Citation | On Jan 1, 2023, Divya S Patel published Theme of immigration in novel 'The Immigrant' by Manju Kapur | Find, read and cite all It depicts how Manju Kapur's characters struggle in their lives for their identity and independence, being caught in traditional and modern values. Keywords: Identity, Self, Immigrant, Independence, Women, patriarchy. Manju Kapur belongs to the contemporary women writers from India, like Shashi Deshpande, ArundhatiManju Kapur's The Immigrant is a story of migration and marriage. Ananda moves to Canada after the death of his parents and becomes a dentist. Nina is a thirty year old leacturer who accepts Ananda's proposal and shifts to Canada to be with him. The temperament of both these people are very different and the challenges of being an immigrant and |nuf| oeg| rqk| tys| fpr| zaq| xme| ywc| xjg| kbh| sbi| vtu| uje| ckd| epd| wty| bxr| alu| ozn| kju| syh| wbx| hxy| dvy| jwh| ykq| qto| umr| hxk| nif| dpx| sry| yjn| zhn| kkl| yij| lus| pgn| ubx| laf| kmk| mtc| ozr| ewp| fpt| cbj| bkm| ncm| maq| uqm|