
Valmiki's Daughter
By Shani Mootoo
2008
First Published
3.70
Average Rating
408
Number of Pages
In Valmikiâ€s Daughter, critically acclaimed and best-selling novelist Shani Mootoo returns to the style—and some of the themes—she first explored in her breakout book, Cereus Blooms at Night. Mootoo introduces readers to the Krishnus, a well-to-do Trinidadian family firmly ensconced in the strict social hierarchy of the island. In this story of family secrets, patriarch Valmiki conceals a painful fact about his sexual identity while his youngest, the lively and intelligent Viveka, struggles to come to terms with a painful secret connected to her sexual identity. As Valmikiâ€s and Vivekaâ€s secrets threaten to shake the foundations of the family, this beautifully written and hypnotically paced novel explores the complex interaction of race, gender, class, and sexuality in a closed society.
Avg Rating
3.70
Number of Ratings
327
5 STARS
21%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Shani Mootoo
Author · 9 books
Shani Mootoo, writer, visual artist and video maker, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1957 to Trinidadian parents. She grew up in Trinidad and relocated at age 24 to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives in Toronto, Canada.