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From one of Canada’s brightest new literary stars – a startling and beautiful novel about abandonment, poverty, and violence, as well as loyalty, love, and hope, as seen through the eyes of a young homeless boy.
It is 1993 and Bombay is on the verge of being torn apart by racial violence. Ten-year-old Chamdi has rarely ventured outside his orphanage, and entertains an idyllic fantasy of what the city is like beyond its garden walls – a paradise he calls Kahunsha, “the city of no sadness.” But when he runs away to search for his long-lost father, he finds himself thrust into the chaos of the streets, alone, possessing only the blood-stained cloth he was left in as a baby. There Chamdi meets Sumdi and Guddi, brother and sister who beg in order to provide for their sick mother, and the three become fast friends.
Fueled only by a desire to find his father and the dream that Bombay will someday become Kahunsha, Chamdi struggles for survival on its brutal streets. But when he is caught up in the beginnings of the savage violence that will soon engulf the city, his dreams confront reality.
Moving, poignant, and wonderfully rich in the sights and sounds of Bombay, The Song of Kahunsha is a compelling story of hopes and dreams, and of the fragility of childhood innocence.
It is 1993 and Bombay is on the verge of being torn apart by racial violence. Ten-year-old Chamdi has rarely ventured outside his orphanage, and entertains an idyllic fantasy of what the city is like beyond its garden walls – a paradise he calls Kahunsha, “the city of no sadness.” But when he runs away to search for his long-lost father, he finds himself thrust into the chaos of the streets, alone, possessing only the blood-stained cloth he was left in as a baby. There Chamdi meets Sumdi and Guddi, brother and sister who beg in order to provide for their sick mother, and the three become fast friends.
Fueled only by a desire to find his father and the dream that Bombay will someday become Kahunsha, Chamdi struggles for survival on its brutal streets. But when he is caught up in the beginnings of the savage violence that will soon engulf the city, his dreams confront reality.
Moving, poignant, and wonderfully rich in the sights and sounds of Bombay, The Song of Kahunsha is a compelling story of hopes and dreams, and of the fragility of childhood innocence.
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A CANADA READS 2007 PICK
"With understated skill, Anosh Irani tells such a darkly enchanting story of the abandoned children of Bombay that I felt swept away by their fate and entangled in the world's too believable cruelty towards the innocent. Irani's shocking tale unfolds with a macabre and terrifying beauty that is both heartbreaking and compelling."
–Wayson Choy, author of All That Matters
"[Irani] vindicates the fragile but triumphant scope of childhood imagination with touching grace."
—The Globe and Mail
"[Irani] rewrites Dickens’ Oliver Twist with his native Bombay replacing 19th century London. . . . Pure storytelling."
—Toronto Star
"Irani has written a gripping and compassionate novel that will resonate long after readers have completed it."
—Winnipeg Free Press
“A tender story, expressed through a boy’s lens, as he learns very quickly about growing up, while never giving up.” —Edmonton Journal
“There is something very compelling about the absences Irani’s characters experience...” —Calgary Herald
“Evocative and colourful...” —The London Free Press
“[Chamdi’s] relentless struggle to survive makes him one of this year’s most unforgettable heroes.”–Edmonton Journal
“[Irani’s] melodies in The Song of Kahunsha are at once bright and melancholic, his characters and senses as sharp as tusks and his plot as lithe as children running.” –National Post
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"With understated skill, Anosh Irani tells such a darkly enchanting story of the abandoned children of Bombay that I felt swept away by their fate and entangled in the world's too believable cruelty towards the innocent. Irani's shocking tale unfolds with a macabre and terrifying beauty that is both heartbreaking and compelling."
–Wayson Choy, author of All That Matters
"[Irani] vindicates the fragile but triumphant scope of childhood imagination with touching grace."
—The Globe and Mail
"[Irani] rewrites Dickens’ Oliver Twist with his native Bombay replacing 19th century London. . . . Pure storytelling."
—Toronto Star
"Irani has written a gripping and compassionate novel that will resonate long after readers have completed it."
—Winnipeg Free Press
“A tender story, expressed through a boy’s lens, as he learns very quickly about growing up, while never giving up.” —Edmonton Journal
“There is something very compelling about the absences Irani’s characters experience...” —Calgary Herald
“Evocative and colourful...” —The London Free Press
“[Chamdi’s] relentless struggle to survive makes him one of this year’s most unforgettable heroes.”–Edmonton Journal
“[Irani’s] melodies in The Song of Kahunsha are at once bright and melancholic, his characters and senses as sharp as tusks and his plot as lithe as children running.” –National Post
Anosh Irani was born and brought up in Bombay, India, and moved to Vancouver in 1998. He is the author of the acclaimed novel The Cripple and His Talismans. His first full-length play, The Matka King, premiered at the Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver, in 2003. His new play, Bombay Black, is being produced in Toronto in 2006 by Cahoots Theatre.
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- EditoreDoubleday Canada
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 0385662289
- ISBN 13 9780385662284
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. " From one of Canada?s brightest new literary stars ? a startling and beautiful novel about abandonment, poverty, and violence, as well as loyalty, love, and hope, as seen through the eyes of a young homeless boy. It is 1993 and Bombay is on the verge of being torn apart by racial violence. Ten-year-old Chamdi has rarely ventured outside his orphanage, and entertains an idyllic fantasy of what the city is like beyond its garden walls ? a paradise he calls Kahunsha, ?the city of no sadness.? But when he runs away to search for his long-lost father, he finds himself thrust into the chaos of the streets, alone, possessing only the blood-stained cloth he was left in as a baby. There Chamdi meets Sumdi and Guddi, brother and sister who beg in order to provide for their sick mother, and the three become fast friends. Fueled only by a desire to find his father and the dream that Bombay will someday become Kahunsha, Chamdi struggles for survival on its brutal streets. But when he is caught up in the beginnings of the savage violence that will soon engulf the city, his dreams confront reality. Moving, poignant, and wonderfully rich in the sights and sounds of Bombay, The Song of Kahunsha is a compelling story of hopes and dreams, and of the fragility of childhood innocence." About the Author: Anosh Irani was born and brought up in Bombay, India, and moved to Vancouver in 1998. Codice articolo 021824
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