Arranged Marriage: Stories (35 page)

CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI

A
RRANGED
M
ARRIAGE

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the bestselling author of the novels
The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart
, and
The Vine of Desire;
the story collection
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives;
and four collections of prize-winning poetry. Her work has appeared in
The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., The Best American Short Stories
1999
, and other publications. Born in India, she now lives in the San Francisco area. The dedicated Web site for the author is
www.ckitradivakaruni.com
.

First Anchor Books Trade Paperback Edition, June 1996

Copyright
© 1995
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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NCHOR
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“The Bats” has appeared previously in
Zyzzyva
(Spring 1993).
“Clothes” has appeared previously in the anthology
Home to Stay
(Greenfield Review Press, 1990).

The Library of Congress has cataloged the Anchor hardcover edition of this work as follows:
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956–
Arranged marriage: stories / by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. —
1st Anchor Books ed.
p. cm.
1. East Indian Americans—Social life and customs—Fiction. 2. Women immigrants—United States—Social life and customs—Fiction. 3. India—Social life and customs—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3554.I86A    1995
813′.54—dc20    94-37210
          CIP

eISBN: 978-0-307-47678-4
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