num_pages: 343
description: Paperback. Pub Date :2007-04-02 362 English HarperCollins UK 'Londonstani'. Gautam Malkanis electrifying debut. reveals a Britain that has never before been explored in the a country of young Asians and white boys (desis and goras) trying to work out a place for themselves in the shadow of the divergent cultures of their parents' generation.Set close to the Heathrow feed roads of Hounslow. Malkani shows us the lives of a gang of four young Hardjit the ring leader. a Sikh. violent. determined his caste stay pure; Ravi. determinedly tactless. a sheep following the herd; Amit. whose brother Arun is struggling to win the approval of his mother for the Hindu girl he has chosen to marry; and Jas who tells us of his journey with these three. desperate to win their approval. desperate too for Samira. a Muslim girl. which in this story can only...
language: English
title: LONDONSTANI PB
titlecomplete: LONDONSTANI PB
genres: Fiction, Modern, Contemporary, British Literature, Indian Literature, Race, India, Asia, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 1597
places: United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ
category: Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία
publisher: Harper Perennial