Speedpost (book)

Speedpost
AuthorShobha De
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssay
PublisherViking Books
Publication date1999
Publication placeIndia

Speedpost is a book written in 1999 by Shobha De. The book is a series of letters to her six children, either grown, or nearly so. The subjects she approaches through the medium of letters include: growing pains and adolescent anxieties about love, sex and friendship; religion and God; the challenge of being a responsible parent, death, remembrance and family traditions, the place of career, sex and of values in the lives of her children.

References

  1. ↑ Bose, Brinda (2000-01-03). "Book review: Shobha De's 'Speedpost'". India Today. Retrieved 2024-09-18.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Banker, Ashok (1999). "Penguin Books India: Speedpost". Indian Review of Books. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-09-18 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Patidar, Renu (2013). Shobha De's Contribution to Post-colonial Indian English Fiction (PhD thesis). Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya. pp. 193–195. ProQuest 2314278468.
  4. ↑ Muteba, Bertha (2007). Curry, Jennifer; Ramm, David; Rich, Mari; Rolls, Albert (eds.). World Authors, 2000–2005. New York: H. W. Wilson Company. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8242-1077-9. Retrieved 2024-09-18 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Krishnan, Mini (2005). "Letters (India)". In Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L.W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (2 ed.). Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415-278850. ProQuest 2137908344.