| Descript |
467 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call. Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, this generous, unforgettable novel is a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit |
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Young men -- England -- Sheffield -- Fiction
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East Indians -- Fiction
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Families -- Fiction
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Immigrants -- Fiction
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East Indians.
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Families.
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Immigrants.
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Young men.
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England -- Sheffield
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Domestic fiction.
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Fiction.
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Fantasy
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Skönlitteratur
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Romaner
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| Classmark |
923.92
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He.01
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781447241669 (paperback) |
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1447241665 (paperback) |
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9781447241676 |
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9781447241645 |
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1447241649 |
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