The Abundance A Novel
The Abundance, a novel by Amit Majmudar, is published by Picador and was released on April 8, 2014. This first edition spans 272 pages and is presented in English. The narrative explores the immigrant experience, cultural clashes, and the complexities of family life, focusing on the relationship between Mala and Ronak as they navigate their mother’s terminal illness.
As Mala and Ronak return to their Midwestern roots, they confront their family’s cultural heritage and their own personal struggles. In the process of mastering traditional Indian cooking, they engage in meaningful conversations that reveal their deepest divisions. The story delves into themes of assimilation and the intricate ties that bind generations, offering readers a thoughtful examination of identity and familial bonds.
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With grace, acuity, and wry compassion, in Abundance, Amit Majmudar has written anew the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignant, the tangled ties between generations.
When Mala and Ronak learn that their mother has only a few months to live, they are reluctantly pulled back into the Midwestern world of their Indian immigrant parents. In the brief time between diagnosis and deterioration, busy, efficient Mala commits to mastering her mother’s slow art of Indian cooking. Perfecting the raita and the rotli, the two begin not only to work together but also to talk, confronting their deepest divisions and failures. But when Ronak hits upon the idea of selling their cooking-as-healing experience as a high-concept memoir, immigrant and native-born must find a way to cross this last divide.
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