Beschreibung:
Shobhaa De wurde 1948 in Maharashtra geboren. Mit 17 begann ihre Karriere als Model, während sie in Bombay Psychologie studierte. Mit 22 wurde sie Journalistin und gründete drei beliebte indische Zeitschriften: Stardust, Society und Celebrity. 1988 schrieb sie ihren ersten Roman und ist seither freie Autorin. Shobhaa De ist verheiratet und hat sechs Kinder. Sie lebt in Bombay.
A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa D s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.
A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa D s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.