The year of the runaways : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345810151 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
484 pages ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:august.16 Novel. |
Awards Note: | Man Booker Prize longlist, 2015. |
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Subject: | Families -- Fiction Immigrants -- Fiction East Indians -- England -- Fiction Young men -- England -- Sheffield -- Fiction |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Saho (Text) | 33294001965748 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
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 chaotic 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.