It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read At The Cusp Of Ages by Vaasanthi
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
At the Cusp of Ages is a story of women at a crossroads wheremillennia meet and disperse. It is a story of women abject, intimidated,absurd and betrayed. It is also about women who refuse to accept maledomination as an inevitable way of life. It is about the fragility of our'secular' fabric, about how at times of crisis even those we believe welove are suddenly suspect in our eyes.In this often disturbing novel that nevertheless ends on a note of somehope, three generations of women express their inmost thoughts to thereader. The first is Meenakshi who stoically, even shamelessly, acceptsthe infidelity of her husband and her son. The next generation isrepresented by Carla who constantly seeks to submerge herEuropeanness in her growing Indianness, until one day she walks away.Gayatri, Shakeela and Valli, caught in political and personal maelstroms,struggle to find their identities in a mindless society that treats them asworse than pawns. They find strength in friendship and the hope,however timid, that love can blossom again. Vaasanthi probes ourpsyches with ferocious honesty and delicate understanding.
At The Cusp Of Ages by Vaasanthi is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read At The Cusp Of Ages aloud.
At The Cusp Of Ages is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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