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A burning

a novel
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Majumdar, Megha
Verfasser*innenangabe: Megha Majumdar
Jahr: 2020
Verlag: New York, Alfred A. Knopf
Mediengruppe: Buch
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Vorbestellen Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a Standorte: FS.E DR Maju / College 1a - Fremdsprachen-Bibliothek Status: Entliehen Frist: 05.12.2024 Vorbestellungen: 0

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For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
In this National Book Award Longlist honoree and gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary (USA Today), Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party, and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear.
Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting. Majumdar writes with dazzling assurance at a breakneck pace on complex themes that read here as the components of a thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism. (Verlagstext)

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Majumdar, Megha
Verfasser*innenangabe: Megha Majumdar
Jahr: 2020
Verlag: New York, Alfred A. Knopf
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Systematik: Suche nach dieser Systematik FS.E, DR
Interessenkreis: Suche nach diesem Interessenskreis Englisch [Sprache]
ISBN: 978-1-5247-1178-8
2. ISBN: 1-5247-1178-0
Beschreibung: 304 Seiten
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Sprache: Englisch
Fußnote: Deutsche Ausgabe unter dem Titel: Majumdar, Megha: In Flammen
Mediengruppe: Buch