Madras on Rainy Days explained

Italic Title:	yes
Madras on Rainy Days
Author:	Samina Ali
Language:	English
Genre:	Fiction
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub Date:	2004
Pages:	309
Awards:	Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
Isbn:	9780374195625

Madras on Rainy Days is a 2004 novel written by Samina Ali.

Overview

The books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. Layla, torn between clashing identities, agrees to her parents' wish for her to leave America and submit to an arranged marriage, Layla enters into the closed world of tradition and ritual as the wedding preparations get underway in Hyderabad.

Awards and recognition

In 2004, Madras on Rainy Days received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award in Fiction.^[1] The book also was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award in 2005,^[2] and was awarded the Prix Premier Roman Étranger 2005 Award in France.^[3]

In July 2004, the book was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by Poets & Writers magazine. The magazine featured Samina on the cover of its July/August 2004 issue.^[4]

External links

• GroundbreakHers official website
• Read the novel here

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers . PW . 5 October 2004 . 28 February 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113127/http://www.pw.org/content/rona_jaffe_foundation_celebrates_ten_years_honoring_women_writers . live .
2. Web site: JFK Library to Host 2005 Hemingway/PEN and L.L. Winship/PEN New England Literary Awards . JFK Library . 7 March 2005 . 27 February 2015 . 27 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227141913/http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/JFK-Library-to-Host-2005-Hemingway-PEN-and-LL-Winship-PEN-New-England-Literary-Awards.aspx . live .
3. Web site: How Muslim Women Are Waging a Jihad for Peace . The Daily Beast . 9 November 2013 . 27 February 2015 . 27 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227135401/http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/09/11/how-muslim-women-are-waging-a-jihad-for-peace.html . live .
4. Web site: PW July/August 2004 . . 28 February 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161525/http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 . live .