A History of Burning - The perfect summer read for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2023 |
Seiten | 400 |
Format | 15,3 x 23,4 x 2,9 cm |
Trade paperback (UK) | |
Gewicht | 492 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781784744809 |
Bestell-Nr | 78474480UA |
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FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION.
'Remarkable, haunting, symphonic' New York Times
Tricked 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.< br>
'Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury' Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning
Rezension:
A remarkable debut . . . skillfully interrogates sweeping themes of survival, inheritance, immigration, colonialism and racism . . . Oza's narrative traverses almost a century of time, four generations of family, five continents and multiple languages . . . The result is a haunting, symphonic tale that speaks to the nuanced complexities of class and trauma S Kirk Walsh New York Times