Beschreibung
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A SARAH JESSICA PARKER BOOK OF THE YEAR Four generations. Three sisters. One impossible choice. Tricked 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 Uganda, in hope of a better life. But their granddaughters come of age in a divided nation. Finally forced to flee, the family scatters across the world. They take with them a steel pot, a handful of photos, and a secret - that one day, will help them find each other again. A History of Burning is a gorgeous family portrait of love, survival, inheritance - and the eternal search for home. One family's search for a better life, for fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, Homegoing and Pachinko 'A remarkable debut . . . haunting, symphonic' New York Times 'Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury . . . A book I want to press into readers' hands and discuss for hours' Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award
| EAN: | 9781529921830 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 02.05.2024 |
| Autoren: | Oza, Janika |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 400 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | summer reads 2024; uganda; india; africa; idi amin; refugees; race; british empire; colonialism; imperialism; book club; book club books; books for women; historical fiction; historical fiction books; literary fiction; contemporary fiction; beach read; top holiday reads; best summer reads; top 10 holiday reads; summer books; holiday reads; summer reads; holiday books; holiday reads 2023; sisters; family; good books to read; new novels; best new novels; chimamanda ngozi adichie; yaa gyasi; new releases; good books; latest books; the granville legacy; social stories; aga |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Generationenromane - Familiensagas~Kanada~Uganda |
| Fachkategorie: | Generationenromane, Familiensagas~Erzählerisches Thema: Identität / Zugehörigkeit~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Politik~Erzählerisches Thema: Vertreibung, Exil, Migration |
| Interesse Alter: | Relating to people of the South Asian diasporas / heritage |
| Imprint-Titels: | Vintage Books |
| Länge: | 193 mm |
| Breite: | 127 mm |