{"product_id":"my-name-is-sita-9789533514369","title":"My Name Is Sita","description":"\u003cb\u003eBea Vianen rose to prominence as a writer in both her native Suriname and its European colonizer, the Netherlands, with the publication of \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Sita \u003c\/i\u003ein 1969. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the 1950s in the Caribbean Dutch colony during an era of social and ethnic turmoil, this coming-of-age novel shadows Sita, a young East Indian girl, as she copes with the loss of her mother and defends herself against her father's many mistakes, while also trying to care for her younger brother and carve out a life for herself in a staunchly rigid culture. Beneath the festering, lush, and humid tropical setting, Sita's struggles only become more difficult with her best friend's departure and an unwanted pregnancy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now considered a contemporary Dutch classic, \u003ci\u003e My Name is Sita\u003c\/i\u003e makes it all too clear what women have had to, and continue to, sacrifice in the name of claiming their identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandorf Passage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789533514369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188","brand":"Bea Vianen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033836318901,"sku":"9789533514369","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_79858bcf-461b-4a4f-bd92-ec4740f46c5f.jpg?v=1713886676","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-name-is-sita-9789533514369","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}