by Anosh Irani · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788838488412
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«Il bambino con i petali in tasca» is the contemporary fiction novel by Anosh Irani, published by Piemme in paperback (237 pages, in Italian).
Bombay, 1993. Chamdi, a ten-year-old orphan, grows up in an orphanage dreaming of a city without sadness where no child is abandoned. He sets out to find his father and meets Sumdi and Guddi, siblings who live on the street. To survive, he begs and steals; when Guddi is wounded by a bomb, he discovers the fragility of innocence and the strength of friendship.
Italian edition of «The Song of Kahunsha» (2006), translated by Anna Rusconi. Piemme pocket collection. Nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the OLA White Pine Award.
For young adults and reading clubs, with an interest in narratives set in India and recent historical fiction.
Anosh Irani is an Indo-Canadian novelist and playwright, born and raised in Mumbai.
