The Year of the Runaways

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Sweeping between India and England, from childhood and the present day. Sunjeev Sahota''s unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants is a story of dignity in the face of adversity. For fans of Rohinton Mistry''s A Fine Balance. '' The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century'' - Washington Post 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. 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. ''A writer who knows how to make you stay up late at night to learn what happens next . . . a brilliant and beautiful novel'' - author of Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian

Info autore

Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 in Derbyshire and continues to live in the area. Ours are the Streets was his first novel and his second, The Year of the Runaways, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sunjeev Sahota, Sahota Sunjeev
• Editore: Picador Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781035061761
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3506176-1
• Pagine: 480
• Dimensioni: 131 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Serie: Picador Collection
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Political, Yorkshire, India, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Sheffield and Rotherham, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples