Pallavi Sharma Dixit Edison Hardback Book

Winner of the Asian American Writers Workshop Pages in Progress Prize"A delightful and perceptive jaunt into the heart of the Indian American community of New Jersey, Edison is a charming, often hilarious novel brimming over with life, laughter, and dreams worthy of the most outrageous Bollywood movies."Chitra Divakaruni, author of Independence and Mistress of Spices"A sparkling epic worthy of Bollywoods silver screens."Kirkus ReviewsEdisonis a Bollywoodstyle epic tale brimming with song and dance, action and comedy, love and pathos, and cameos by dozens of real Indian stars of yesterday and todaya hilariously entertaining masala film in the guise of literary fiction. Along the way, we glean bits of Bollywood history and fall in love with an improbable cast of characters that inhabits Edisons "Little India. Edison is a wild, romantic, laughoutloud love letter to the Indian American community of Edison, New Jersey, where author Pallavi Dixit grew up. The unlikely star of Edison is Prem Kumar, the hapless youngest son of a titan of New Delhi industry. Obsessed with Hindi movieswhat the world calls Bollywoodhe is uninterested in joining the family business or marrying the spearwielding heiress chosen by his father. He runs away to chase his filmmaking dreams in America, but his plans are immediately derailed. Instead, he finds himself crashing on a mattress and working at an Exxon gas station in the Indian immigrant community of Edison, New Jersey. Although life is not going... | Pallavi Sharma Dixit Edison Hardback Book