FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2016When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, go to pick up their family’s television set at a repair shop with their friend Mansoor Ahmed one day in 1996, disaster strikes without warning. A bomb—one of the many “small” bombs that go off seemingly unheralded across the world—detonates in the Delhi marketplace, instantly claiming the lives of the Khurana boys to the devastation of their parents. Mansoor survives, bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. After a brief stint at university in America, Mansoor returns to Delhi, where his life becomes entangled with the mysterious and charismatic Ayub, a fearless young activist whose own allegiances and beliefs are more malleable than Mansoor could imagine. Woven among the story of the Khuranas and the Ahmeds is the tale of Shockie, a Kashmiri bomb maker who has forsaken his own life for the independence of his homeland.
Karan Mahajan Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
La scrittura di Karan Mahajan esplora le complesse dinamiche della società e della condizione umana con una voce acuta e perspicace. Le sue narrazioni si addentrano in temi significativi, riflettendo un profondo coinvolgimento con il mondo che lo circonda. Attraverso il suo distinto approccio letterario, Mahajan crea storie avvincenti che risuonano con i lettori, offrendo profonde osservazioni sulla vita e sulle sue intricate sfide. La sua opera è caratterizzata da rigore intellettuale e profondità emotiva, rendendolo una voce degna di nota nella letteratura contemporanea.
Elefanti: La moglie sbagliata
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- 9 ore di lettura
Ein witzig-turbulenter Roman über eine chaotische Großfamilie in Neu-Delhi Karan Mahajan erzählt eine höchst unterhaltsame Familiengeschichte aus dem Blickwinkel von Vater und Sohn. Hier der Vater, der jeder familiären wie politischen Unbill trotzt und doch erkennen muss, dass manche Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit eines Tages ans Licht müssen; dort der Sohn, der die holprige Reise zum Erwachsenwerden antritt, mittendrin die ständig schwangere Mutter sowie zwölf Geschwister aller Altersstufen im liebenswert-chaotischen Trubel des Ahuja-Universums. Neben dem doch ganz alltäglichen Familienwahnsinn liefert Mahajan einen humorvoll-bissigen Blick auf das quirlige Delhi zwischen Tradition und Moderne, zwischen religiösen Spannungen und Bollywood-Soap, zwischen Rikscha und Daten-Highway.