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The Year of the Runaways
Publisher:
Picador
| Author:
Sunjeev Sahota
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Picador
Author:
Sunjeev Sahota
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
Original price was: ₹650.₹422Current price is: ₹422.
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015
Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota’s unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants 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.
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 chaotic 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.
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015
Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota’s unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants 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.
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 chaotic 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.
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
About Author
Sunjeev Sahota is the author of Ours are the Streets, The Year of the Runaways and China Room. The Year of the Runaways was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and won the Encore Prize, the South Bank Sky Arts Award, and the European Union Prize for Literature. China Room was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Sahota was chosen as one of the Granta Best of Young British Novelists 2013 and is a fellow of the RSL. He lives in Sheffield and teaches at Durham University. The Spoiled Heart is his fourth novel.
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