Mistress of Spices 4939886 222329803 2008-06-28T19:29:10Z 117.97.7.47 /* Plot summary */ {{infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] --> | name = Mistress of Spices | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:mistress of spices.jpg|200px]] <!--prefer 1st edition--> | image_caption = | author = [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] | release_date = 6 February 1997 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]]) | pages = 317 pp (first edition, hardback) | isbn = ISBN 0-385-40769-6 (first edition, hardback) | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''The Mistress of Spices''''', ([[1997]]), set in contemporary [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]] is a novel by [[Indian American]] [[writer]] and [[University of Houston Creative Writing Program]] professor [[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni]]. ==Plot summary== Tilo, the titular "Mistress of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man. ==Film, TV or theatrical adaptations== {{main|The Mistress of Spices (film)}} The novel was released as the film ''[[The Mistress of Spices (film)|The Mistress of Spices]]'' in 2005. It is directed by [[Paul Mayeda Berges]], with a script by Berges and his wife, [[Gurinder Chadha]]. The film stars [[Aishwarya Rai]]. ==External links== *[http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/books/mistress_of_spices/ Official site] *[http://www.sawnet.org/books/reviews.php?The+Mistress+of+Spices Book review on sawnet.org] *[http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/Books/BookDetail.asp?ID=107 Book review on penguinbooksindia.com] *[http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0597/divakaruni/ Chitra Divakaruni at Random House] [[Category:1997 novels]] [[Category:American novels]] [[Category:California in fiction]] {{1990s-novel-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mistress of Spices}} [[Category:Asian American literature]] [[ms:The Mistress of Spices]]