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This was a reread for me, I loved it the first time, this time it was like I was reading it for the very first time as I’d forgotten a lot of what happened. Rosie Thomas is one of my favourite authors so it wasn’t difficult to read this again, Thomas weaves two stories together into a romantic epic: Mair’s search for the origins of the shawl (as well as a search for her own future), and the historical story of her grandparents, particularly her grandmother’s experiences in 1940s Kashmir. I found the historical story much more interesting, if a bit melodramatic.
The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas | Waterstones
A shawl (from Persian: شال shāl, [1]) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head. It is usually a rectangular or square piece of cloth, which is often folded to make a triangle, but can also be triangular in shape. Other shapes include oblong shawls. [2] It is associated with the inhabitants of the northern Indian subcontinent—particularly Kashmir and Punjab—and Central Asia, but can be found in many other parts of the world. [3] History [ edit ] Janey King, née Morris was born on 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the birth of her first child. Published since 1982 as Rosie Thomas, she has written fourteen best-selling novels, deal with the common themes of love and loss. She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, in 1985 with Sunrise, and in 2007 with Iris and Ruby. The Kashmir shawl arrived in Europe towards the second half of the 18th century AD, by English and French individuals active in the Indian subcontinent. [1] These officials would gift Kashmir shawls to their wives and other high-status women. [1] Although these shawls later came to be worn exclusively by women, [1] they were originally worn exclusively by men, in line with the Indian practice. [4]An Azerbaijani bride with an engagement shawl Maxida Märak wearing a traditional Saami wool shawl onstage at Riddu Riđđu 2019 While the Kashmir Shawl or Scarf you painstakingly chose for her flatters all of her unique, sensual curves in a way that no other garment can! I do admire authors who have researched their books well and give a true flavour of places they write about.
Kashmir shawl - Wikipedia
You can identify an authentic, antique Kashmir shawl by the skill of the work and the softness of the pure Pashmina wool. It is said that pure Pashmina is so fine and smooth that you can run an entire shawl through a finger ring with ease. Worth, Susannah (December 1995). "Early 20th Century Embroidered Shawls". Needle Arts. 26 (4): 38–41.a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Skarratt, Ben (August 2018). "From India to Europe: The Production of the Kashmir Shawl and the Spread of the Paisley Motif" (PDF). Global History of Capitalism Project. Our exclusive Seasons Collections of Kashmir Shawls & Scarves are a surefire way to breathe new life into your wardrobe...
THE KASHMIR SHAWL | Kirkus Reviews
Mair too makes a journey to Srinagar with a couple – American Buddhist Karen, her Swiss-born husband Bruno and their young daughter. After learning from a shop-keeper in Leh that the shawl is Kashmiri, she wants to follow it to the place where it was made so many years before. She knows it’s a good quality piece because all the shopkeepers want to know if she’s interested in selling it, but she’s looking for answers, not money. The parallels between the two women journeying to Srinagar seem clear at this stage but we’re being led astray because none of Mair’s companions will complete the journey with her. Mair finds a room on a houseboat, decaying and neglected and a far cry from the one her grandmother shared with Myrtle and Caroline. She continues her pursuit of the source of the shawl, travelling to small villages in search of its makers. Interspersed between chapters about Mair's current day travels, is a much more interesting journey through the same country with Nerys Watkins and her missionary husband, Evan, and her two close friends, Myrtle McMinn and Caroline Bowen. This was the section that really grabbed me and the characters that stood out. The Kashimir Shawl is a dual-narrative novel, telling the story of modern-day Mair tracing the her grandma’s history, and of said grandma’s life as a missionary’s wife in Kashmir during the Second World War. It’s a light read with a well-paced plot, though it was definitely at its best in the middle. The embroidery stitch employed is rather like the parallel darning stitch and is rarely allowed to penetrate the entire fabric. We guarantee that you’ll find the flawless handcrafted designer Kashmir Shawl destined to infuse a whole new dimension of wear-ability to your already tasteful wardrobe.Brilliant! The Kashmir Shawl tells the story of three British women living in Srinagar, Kashmir during the second world war. The author has researched minutely both the history and the environment, yet unlike some novels, though integral, this never inhibits the characters or overwhelms the story. The characters are fully rounded and believable, the reader is seemingly effortlessly transported to the paradise that was Srinagar. But as well as the story of Nerys, Myrtle,Carline and Nerys' grand-daughter Mair, this is also the story of Kashmir and its changing fortunes, which are still unresolved over 60 years after Independence.
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