Author Archives: sarahkurbanov

Burnt Sugar Student Podcast

Posted on March 3, 2021 by sarahkurbanov

Suffield Academy’s English IV honors class did a deep dive into modern literature this winter! Selecting among the Booker Prize 2020 Short List of novels, our group chose Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize Listed Novel Burnt Sugar and explored themes of ailing memory, troubled relationships, communication, and the past’s connections … Continue reading →

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Marriage and Memory in Burnt Sugar

Posted on February 18, 2021 by sarahkurbanov

Subjectivity can be traced throughout Avni Doshi’s novel Burnt Sugar and exists in its very framework, with an unreliable narrator telling her story through details from her insulated perspective. The novel’s central story around memory and its loss portrays how memory itself … Continue reading →