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A Yearning
A transposition of Yerma into the Punjabi community of Britain, A Yearning gives Lorca's classic a vibrant twist as Spanish metaphors find their counterpart in Punjabi earthiness.
Amar, a bride from India, marries Jaz, a Glaswegian Punjabi, and comes to live in Birmingham. She yearns for a child to fill her empty lap, but Jaz, owner of a mini-cab firm, is too preoccupied with his business to concern himself with her loneliness and longing.
A Yearning focuses on the plight of a woman married into a society where her real worth is measured by her ability to have children. Faced with her failure to conceive, the community, at first nurturing, becomes increasingly stifling.
Amar, a bride from India, marries Jaz, a Glaswegian Punjabi, and comes to live in Birmingham. She yearns for a child to fill her empty lap, but Jaz, owner of a mini-cab firm, is too preoccupied with his business to concern himself with her loneliness and longing.
A Yearning focuses on the plight of a woman married into a society where her real worth is measured by her ability to have children. Faced with her failure to conceive, the community, at first nurturing, becomes increasingly stifling.
96 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
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