Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.

BOO, KATHERINE.

119.579 valutazioni di Goodreads

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Random House., New York., 2012

1921844639 / 9781921844638

Venditore Heritage

Da: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAsia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 6 agosto 1996

Membro dell’associazione: ANZAABILAB

Rilegato

Condizione: Usato

EUR 19,10

EUR 18,91 spedizione 
Spedito da Australia a U.S.A.

Quantità: 1 disponibile

Aggiungi al carrello
Resi gratuiti per 30 giorni

Descrizione dell’articolo da parte del venditore

xxiii + 298pp, spine little faded, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport and, as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees 'a fortune beyond counting' in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. With a little luck, her sensitive, beautiful daughter - Annawadi's 'most-everything girl' - will soon become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a 15-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to the good lives and good times they call 'the full enjoy'. But then Abdul the garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. And so, too, are the imaginations and courage of the people of Annawadi.With intelligence, humour, and deep insight into what connects human beings in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers carries the reader headlong into one of the 21st century's hidden worlds, and into the lives of people impossible to forget." - Dustjacket blurb.…

Codice articolo 175486

Titolo
Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
Autore
BOO, KATHERINE.
Editore
Random House., New York.
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Sovraccoperta
sovraccoperta
Rilegatura
Rilegato
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1921844639
ISBN 13
9781921844638
Cataloghi dei venditori
India - Post 1947

Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 6 agosto 1996

Membro dell’associazione:

Tariffe di spedizione da Australia a U.S.A.

ArticoloDa 14 a 28 giorni lavorativiDa 7 a 21 giorni lavorativi
Primo articoloEUR 18,91EUR 26,92
I tempi di consegna sono stabiliti dai venditori e variano in base al corriere e al paese. Gli ordini che devono attraversare una dogana possono subire ritardi e spetta agli acquirenti pagare eventuali tariffe o dazi associati. I venditori possono contattarti in merito ad addebiti aggiuntivi dovuti a eventuali maggiorazioni dei costi di spedizione dei tuoi articoli.

Metodi di pagamento

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Descrizione dello Store

Asia Bookroom is a specialised bookseller in Canberra, the capital of Australia. We specialise in books on Asia with smaller sections on the Pacific and the Middle East. We issue over 30 regular lists featuring recent arrivals of books and other paper material in our specialist areas. Our lists are available by e-mail, in printed form by post or by browsing our web page. Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list. We run a bricks and mortar premises in a commercial area which you are most welcome to visit. We are open by appointment or by chance. Our hours are posted for the following week on our website www.AsiaBookroom.com…

Specializzazione

Central Asia, East Asia, South East Asia, Travel, China, Japan, India, Burma, Myanmar Indonesia, Malaysia, Asia

Membro dell’associazione

  • The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers
  • International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
I membri di queste associazioni si impegnano a rispettare gli standard più elevati. Si fanno garanti dell’autenticità di tutti gli oggetti messi in vendita. Forniscono descrizioni specialistiche e dettagliate, segnalano tutti i difetti e/o i restauri significativi, indicano prezzi trasparenti e corretti e operano secondo criteri di correttezza e onestà durante l’esperienza di acquisto.

Informazioni sull’azienda del venditore

Weekend Gallery Books T/A Asia Bookroom

c/o Business Innovations, PO Box 4896
Kingston, ACT Australia 2604