The Year of the Runaways [electronic resource]
Sunjeev Sahota2015
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Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize
'All you can do is surrender, happily, to its power' Salman Rushdie
The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an
unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a
house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new
life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in
Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep.
Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever,
devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the
immigration men surprise her with a call.
Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day,
this generous, unforgettable novel is - as with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance
- a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the
human spirit.
PRAISE FOR SUNJEEV SAHOTA
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Main title:
The Year of the Runaways [electronic resource] / Sunjeev Sahota
Author:
Sunjeev Sahota, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Picador, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743538104
Language:
English
BRN:
435030
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