Description
Product ID: | 9781784744793 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | A History of Burning |
Authors: | Author: Janika Oza |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Historical fiction, Sagas, Historical fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating ***THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER******A SARAH JESSICA PARKER BOOK OF THE YEAR***FOUR GENERATIONS. THREE SISTERS. ONE DIVIDED NATION. 'Remarkable, haunting, symphonic' New York TimesTricked aboard a boat to East Africa, Pirbhai is only thirteen when he is forced by the British into labouring on the railway. Under sweltering heat, hungry and frightened, he commits a terrible act just to survive. He will never tell a soul, even when he meets Sonal, a fierce, loving woman with whom he starts a family in hope of a better life. But their granddaughters come of age in a divided nation. Latika falls headlong into the student protest movement, Mayuri's ambitions take her far from home, while Kiya's friendship with a Black Ugandan boy threatens them both. Finally forced to flee, the family scatters across the world. They take with them a favourite rolling pin, a handful of photos, and a secret - that one day, will help them find each other again. 'Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury' Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning ***THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*** |
Imprint Name: | Chatto & Windus |
Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-05-04 |