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Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of The Runaways (2nd Hand Hardback)
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Synopsis
Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2015.
The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance.
Three 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.
She is Narinder, and her story is the most surprising of all.
Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's 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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Families & Sagas
- Published : 2015 (Picador - 1st Edition, 2nd Printing)
- ISBN : 9781447241645
- SKU : B003250
- PPC : SP600gm
- RRP : £14.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Nothing short of an asteroid impact would have made me put this book down." - Irish Times.
'A brilliant and beautiful novel' - Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian.
'This massive book, stuffed with compelling stories, rich in characters and resoundingly authentic in its detailing of life in the harsh underbelly of this country, should be compulsory reading. A magnificent achievement.' - Daily Mail.
'The Year of the Runaways takes place in a parallel England, a near-invisible world that rarely intersects with our own. It is familiar territory from news reports, but only in outline. Sahota has a lot to say and he says it calmly, with great moral intelligence . . . deeply impressive.' - Sunday Times.
'A wonderfully evocative storyteller.' - Independent.
A sensitive and searing novel.' - Marian Ryan, Mail on Sunday.
'This is a rich, intricate, beautifully written novel, bursting and seething with energy.' - The Times.
The Author
Sunjeev Sahota FRSL is a British novelist whose first novel, Ours are the Streets, was published in January 2011 and whose second novel, The Year of the Runaways, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017.