
Behind The Beautiful Forevers Av Katherine (Staff Writer New Yorker Y) Boo
A landmark debut from a Pulitzer-winning New Yorker journalist: if Dickens were alive today, this is the book he might have written about India...
fra 149,-
Tilgjengelig i 2 butikker
Frakt og levering
Forhåndsbestill
Frakt og levering
Produktinformasjon
'A Mumbai slum understood and imagined as never before in language of intense beauty' Salman Rushdie 'If Bollywood ever decides to do its own version of The Wire, this would be it' Barbara Ehrenreich Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are garbage recyclers and construction workers, economic migrants, all of them living in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a crime rocks the slum community and global recession and terrorism shocks the city, tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy begin to turn brutal. As Boo gets to know those who dwell in Mumbai's margins, she evokes an extraordinarily vivid group of individuals flourishing against the odds amid the complications, corruptions and gross inequalities of the new India. 'A triumph of a book. A beautiful account of the sorrows and joys, anxieties and stamina, in the lives of the precarious and
Topplisten: Granta Books Samfunnsvitenskap
Spesifikasjon
Generelt
| Språk | Engelsk |
| Sett | Nei |
| Sjanger | Kultur, Samfunn og politikk |
| Typ | Papirbøker |
| Format | Paperback |
Populære produkter
Pris og prishistorikk
Akkurat nå er 149,- den billigste prisen for Behind The Beautiful Forevers Av Katherine (Staff Writer New Yorker Y) Boo blant 2 butikker hos Prisradar. Sjekk også vår topp 5-rangering av beste samfunnsvitenskap for å være sikker på at du gjør det beste kjøpet.
Under Siege My Family's Fight to Save Our NationMe But Better The Science and Promise of Personality ChangeCultural Psychology Theory and MethodBorder Mediascapes Cinematic Itineraries at the Edge of Europe
Bonded by Evolution What We've Got Wrong About Love and ConnectionArts of the Border Fugitive Bodies at Europe's EdgesArts of the Border Fugitive Bodies at Europe's EdgesGrit Spit and Never Quit A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life
The Billionaire Who Wasn't How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a FortuneColonel Sanders and the American DreamHvordan lese kvalitativ forskning?The Fundraiser's Handbook A Guide to Maximizing Donations Retaining Donors and Saving the Giving Sector for Good










