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Sahota, Sunjeev, 1981-
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East Indians -- England -- Fiction
Culture shock -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction
Sheffield (England) -- Fiction.
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Sahota, Sunjeev, 1981-
East Indians -- England -- Fiction
Culture shock -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction
Sheffield (England) -- Fiction.
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The
year
of the
runaways
/ Sunjeev Sahota.
by
Sahota, Sunjeev, 1981-
Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2015.
Call #:
FICTION SAH
Subjects
East Indians -- England -- Fiction
Culture shock -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction
Sheffield (England) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780345810151
Description:
484 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Nominated for the Man Booker Prize"--Dustjacket.
Summary:
Three young men from very different backgrounds come together in a journey from India to England, where they hope to begin something new. To support their families; where they can, to build their future; to show their worth; to escape the past. They have almost no idea of what awaits them. In a dilapidated shared house in Sheffield, Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his life in Bihar. Avtar has a secret that binds him to the unpredictable Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town, whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes in case the immigration men surprise her with a visit. She is Narinder, and her story is the most surprising of all. Utterly absorbing and beautiful, sweeping in scope, "The
Year
of the
Runaways
" is written with compassion touched by grace. As Tochi, Avtar, Randeep and Narinder negotiate their dreams, desires and shocking realities, as their histories continue to pull at them, as the seasons pass, what emerges is a novel of overwhelming humanity: one which asks how far we can decide our own course in life, and what we should do for love, for faith, and for family.
Genre:
Literary fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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