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- PublisherScribe Publications
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1921844639
- ISBN 13 9781921844638
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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Scribe Publications
(2012)
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ISBN 13: 9781921844638
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR012709564
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
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(2012)
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Book Description 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. Seller Inventory # 175486
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
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Scribe Publications, Melbourne, Brunswick
(2012)
ISBN 10: 1921844639
ISBN 13: 9781921844638
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Book Description Paperback, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear corners. 256 pp. This book tells the dramatic stories of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi which is a makeshift settlement near Mumbai airport. The author uses intelligence, humour, and deep insight into what connects human beings in an era of change. Learn about the daily struggles of Abdul, Asha, Asha's daughter, and Kalu as they do their best to cope with what they have. Seller Inventory # 29210
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