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Between the Assassinations
From the winner of the Man Booker Prize|
9,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.04.2010 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781848877474 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 352 |
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Beschreibungen
The dazzling new book from the winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize: one of the summer's most eagerly anticipated works of fiction.
In his compelling new work of fiction, Aravind Adiga has imagined the small Indian city of Kittur, an everytown nestling on the coast south of Goa and north of Calicut. Through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, an entire Indian world comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
From a middle-aged Communist to an Islamic terrorist; from the young children of a Tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy; from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid, Adiga has produced a microcosm of Indian life in the 80s, the years between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv. Muslim, Christian and Hindu, high-caste and low-caste, rich and poor: all of Indian life - the 'sorrowful parade of humanity' - is here.
Journeying through Kittur's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits, Adiga conjures a remarkable fictional landscape. Sizzling with acid observations, and textured with wicked humour and gentle humanity, Between the Assassinations is a triumph of voice and imagination.
In his compelling new work of fiction, Aravind Adiga has imagined the small Indian city of Kittur, an everytown nestling on the coast south of Goa and north of Calicut. Through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, an entire Indian world comes vividly and unforgettably to life.
From a middle-aged Communist to an Islamic terrorist; from the young children of a Tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy; from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid, Adiga has produced a microcosm of Indian life in the 80s, the years between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv. Muslim, Christian and Hindu, high-caste and low-caste, rich and poor: all of Indian life - the 'sorrowful parade of humanity' - is here.
Journeying through Kittur's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits, Adiga conjures a remarkable fictional landscape. Sizzling with acid observations, and textured with wicked humour and gentle humanity, Between the Assassinations is a triumph of voice and imagination.
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. His first novel,
The White Tiger, won the Man Booker Prize for 2008. A former Indian correspondent for
Time magazine, his writing has also appeared in the
New Yorker, the
Financial Times, and the
Sunday Times among other publications. He lives in Mumbai.
The White Tiger, won the Man Booker Prize for 2008. A former Indian correspondent for
Time magazine, his writing has also appeared in the
New Yorker, the
Financial Times, and the
Sunday Times among other publications. He lives in Mumbai.
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