Anita and Me - Brossura

Syal, Meera

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1565845293 ISBN 13: 9781565845299

Casa editrice: New Pr, 1999

Riassunto

Nine-year-old Meena wants to be like all the other British children, but as the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington, she must live a childhood caught between two cultures

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Recensione:

"A rich portrayal of the beauties and betrayals of girlhood friendship." —Newsday

"A well-observed comedy about the clash of two cultures . . . Syal has put her comic talents to good use." —The Times (London)

"A witty, original account of the trials and tribulations of growing up." —San Francisco Review of Books

"Delightful and illuminating." —Women's Review of Books

"Humorous and quirky. Syal has a gift of comedy that she uses to weave this delightful story." —Library Journal (starred review)

"A finalist for England's Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me describes with the leisurely pace of a 19th-century narrative a very 20th-century multicultural relationship between two headstrong girls. . . . The reader must search patiently through . . . bustling verbiage for the quieter, more subtle revelations about Meena and her family." —James Wilcox, The New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Meera Syal, a British-born Indian, is a writer and actress who is a familiar face on British TV. She has written a number of successful TV and film scripts, including Bhaji on the Beach and the multi-award-winning My Sister Wife, in which she also starred. She co-writes and stars in the British hit comedy series Goodness Gracious Me, which was nominated for an international Emmy and was awarded the MBE in 1998. She also performed in the star-studded London production of The Vagina Monologues. Her first novel, Anita and Me, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize. She lives in London.

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• Editore: New Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1565845293
• ISBN 13: 9781565845299
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336