Shashi Deshpande is the author of eleven novels, a number of short story collections, four books for children and a book of essays. Her best-known novel,
That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990, is considered a landmark in Indian writing in English. Among her recent novels are
Small Remedies,
Moving On,
In the Country of Deceit and
Ships that Pass. She has also done translations from both Kannada and Marathi into English. Shashi Deshpande currently lives in Bangalore.
She—an oncologist whose days are driven by the desire to alleviate pain.
He—a rising star in the musical world, whose life is governed by his art.
Yet, all it takes is one meeting for everything to change.
Set in Mumbai, Strangers to Ourselves tells the story of an unlikely love between two unusual people. Tender and tempestuous by turns, it draws you into the conflicts, languid pleasures and sharp sorrows of falling in love with a stranger who can never entirely be yours.
