One Point Two Billion - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907970339 ISBN 13: 9781907970337

Verlag: Daunt Books, 2015

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Críticas

Varied in range, concentrated in power – these stories are a deeply satisfying read. --Kamila Shamshie

One of the finest books to come out of India this year. Rao zooms in on forgotten lives – ordinary, extraordinary, absurd, tragic. His writing is subtle, delightfully wry. I loved it. --Mirza Waheed

Sometimes a novel is so good that you don't want it to end. I wanted each story to be expanded into a novel, which I then wouldn't have wanted to end. --Sandra Newman

Reseña del editor

There are 1.2 billion people living in India; more than 1.2 billion stories in one country.

Traversing thirteen Indian states, One Point Two Billion illuminates the exhilarating diversity of the second most populous nation in the world.

A man living on a tea plantation in the Nilgiri Hills realises he s in love with his daughter-in-law; a young family eagerly awaits the launch of Shakti-Cola; a chronically anxious yoga retreat manager struggles with the demands of her enlightenment-seeking Western patrons; and a family legacy hangs in the balance when a horrifying discovery is unearthed on their Rajasthani estate.

Filled with biting humour and laced with subtlety and emotion, the stories in this mesmerising collection offer glimpses into the loves, triumphs, and tragedies of everyday life in a world torn between tradition and the shock of modernity.

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• Verlag: Daunt Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1907970339
• ISBN 13: 9781907970337
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304