title: The Wedding: A Novel
author:  Imraan Coovadia 
description: As soon as one reads the first few pages of South African novelist Coovadi's premier novel, the cadences of Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy immediately come to mind. Here, a grandson relates the story of his grandparents' tumultuous and unlikely coupling in a fast-paced, cleverly worded narrative that is at turns extremely funny and exasperating as well. Gentle, unassuming Bombay Registered Clerk Ismet Nassin's fate is sealed the day an angel smacks him on the head not once, but a few times, alerting him to the surprising fact that the quickly glimpsed Kateja is the woman of his dreams. All too eager to get rid of his tempestuous and obstinate daughter, Yusuf Haveri makes Kateja sound like a real deal. A marriage ensues, and Ismet's dreams turn quickly to nightmares as Kateja turns out to be more than he bargained for. This sharp but poignant tale highlights the universal difficulties of compatibility and making one's way in the world. A nice addition to public library fiction collections and to academic libraries devoted to collecting emerging world voices. Michelle Reale, Elkins Park Free Lib., PA <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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