The Store has been here for only one year, but many people think that it has always been here. Above the door are faded brown letters which say: SPICE BAZAAR.
I, too, look as if I have always been here. When customers enter, they see an old bent woman with skin the color of sand. The foods in my store remind them of India -- the land most of them left behind when they came to America.
They don't know the truth about me, of course. They don't know that I'm not really that old -- that this body is not really mine. I am Tilo, the Mistress of Spices. I can see into the hearts and lives of my customers. I know all their secrets and all their problems
I, too, look as if I have always been here. When customers enter, they see an old bent woman with skin the color of sand. The foods in my store remind them of India -- the land most of them left behind when they came to America.
They don't know the truth about me, of course. They don't know that I'm not really that old -- that this body is not really mine. I am Tilo, the Mistress of Spices. I can see into the hearts and lives of my customers. I know all their secrets and all their problems
A Note About The Author 4
A Note About This Story 6
1 The Island of Spices 10
2 Shamparti’s Fire
3 The Spice Bazaar 19
4 The Lonely American 24
5 Geeta’s grandfather 29
6 Spice Magic 34
7 Out Into the World 40
8 Raven’s Story 45
9 Protection 50
10 A Paradise on Earth 55
11 The Red Spice of Anger 60
12 The King of Spices 66
13 “I’m Still the Same Tilo”71
14 The Punishment of the Spices 76
15 The Only Paradise 79
Points for Understanding 84
Glossary
1 Term to do with life and customs in India 87
2 Terms to do with emotions , behavior and character 88
3 Terms to do with magic and unusual powers 89
4 General 90
A Note About This Story 6
1 The Island of Spices 10
2 Shamparti’s Fire
3 The Spice Bazaar 19
4 The Lonely American 24
5 Geeta’s grandfather 29
6 Spice Magic 34
7 Out Into the World 40
8 Raven’s Story 45
9 Protection 50
10 A Paradise on Earth 55
11 The Red Spice of Anger 60
12 The King of Spices 66
13 “I’m Still the Same Tilo”71
14 The Punishment of the Spices 76
15 The Only Paradise 79
Points for Understanding 84
Glossary
1 Term to do with life and customs in India 87
2 Terms to do with emotions , behavior and character 88
3 Terms to do with magic and unusual powers 89
4 General 90
關鍵字詞： Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | India | Spices | Fiction | Love