The Hero's Walk - Tapa blanda

"Engrossing . . . Fascinating . . . This book demands to be read straight through."-"The Washington Post Book World ""DEFT AND KNOWING . . . Badami's prose is lovely, almost poetic, and her ear for dialogue and the idiosyncrasies of her characters' speech rings true. . . . An intimate look into the hearts and minds of a complicated, quarrelsome, yet deeply loving family."-"Richmond Times-Dispatch ""COMPELLING . . .[A] LUSH EVOCATION OF INDIAN LIFE . . . [with] often laugh-out-loud funny dialogue."-salon.com "A WONDERFULLY TEXTURED TALE whose poignant events are imbued with truthfulness . . . Badami joins the ranks of such internationally celebrated authors as Michael Ondaaje."-"The London Free Press"

The only thing in his life that Sripathi Rao has been proud of is his talented, vibrant daughter Maya. But when Maya marries Alan, a fellow student at her American university, Sripathi angrily cuts off all his ties with her. Then he receives a phone call from Vancouver informing him that his daughter and her husband have been killed in a car crash. All Sripathi is left with are his regrets and Maya's seven-year-old daughter Nandana whom he has never seen.