History of Burning e-bog
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***THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION.'Remarkable, haunting, symphonic' New York TimesTricked aboard a boat to East Africa, Pirbhai is only thirteen when he is forced by the British into labouring on the railway. Under sweltering heat, hungry and frightened, he commits a terrible act just to survive.He will never tell a soul, even when he meets So...
E-bog
154,35 DKK
Forlag
Vintage Digital
Udgivet
4 maj 2023
Længde
400 sider
Genrer
1HFGU
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781529191714
***THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION.'Remarkable, haunting, symphonic' New York TimesTricked aboard a boat to East Africa, Pirbhai is only thirteen when he is forced by the British into labouring on the railway. Under sweltering heat, hungry and frightened, he commits a terrible act just to survive.He will never tell a soul, even when he meets Sonal, a fierce, loving woman with whom he starts a family in hope of a better life. But their granddaughters come of age in a divided nation. Latika falls headlong into the student protest movement, Mayuri's ambitions take her far from home, while Kiya's friendship with a Black Ugandan boy threatens them both.Finally forced to flee, the family scatters across the world. They take with them a favourite rolling pin, a handful of photos, and a secret - that one day, will help them find each other again.'Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury' Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning