Wins points for an Indian author talking about open female sexuality, lesbianism, breaking other sexual taboos. And one of the stories, Maria, is interesting for its overtones of class issues (Maria is the housekeeper sleeping with the family cook; the narrator is the young girl exploring her own sexuality through her.)
But otherwise mostly focusing on sexual awakening and conflicts, with little time for character development. Also almost no sympathy for anyone other than the narrator. Special contempt, bordering on hatred, for Mother figures, and indifference or disdain for men.
1.5*
(May 2008)
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