| 词条 | Madras on Rainy Days |
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| italic title = yes | name = Madras on Rainy Days | image = Madras on Rainy Days.jpg| image_size = | caption = Madras on Rainy Days book cover | author = Samina Ali | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = Fiction | set_in = | publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux | pub_date = 2004 | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 309 | awards = Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award | isbn = 9780374195625 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Madras on Rainy Days is a novel written by Samina Ali and published in 2004. OverviewThe books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. Layla, torn between clashing identities, agrees to her parents' wish for her to leave America and submit to an arranged marriage, Layla enters into the closed world of tradition and ritual as the wedding preparations get underway in Hyderabad. Awards and recognitionIn 2004, Madras on Rainy Days received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Award in Fiction.[1] The book also won the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award in 2005,[2] and was awarded the Prix Premier Roman Étranger 2005 Award in France.[3] In July 2004, the book was chosen as a best debut novel of the year by Poets & Writers magazine. The magazine featured Samina on the cover of its July/August 2004 issue.[4] References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/rona_jaffe_foundation_celebrates_ten_years_honoring_women_writers | title=Rona Jaffe Foundation Celebrates Ten Years of Honoring Women Writers | publisher=PW | date=5 October 2004 | accessdate=28 February 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/JFK-Library-to-Host-2005-Hemingway-PEN-and-LL-Winship-PEN-New-England-Literary-Awards.aspx | title=JFK Library to Host 2005 Hemingway/PEN and L.L. Winship/PEN New England Literary Awards | publisher=JFK Library | work=7 March 2005 | accessdate=27 February 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/09/11/how-muslim-women-are-waging-a-jihad-for-peace.html | title=How Muslim Women Are Waging a Jihad for Peace | publisher=The Daily Beast | date=9 November 2013 | accessdate=27 February 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.pw.org/content/julyaugust_2004 | title=PW July/August 2004 | publisher=Poets & Writers | accessdate=28 February 2015}} External links
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