by Anosh Irani · Bestseller · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788856602067
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«Il bambino con i petali in tasca» is the novel by Anosh Irani, published in the Bestseller collection by Piemme in paperback (219 pages, in Italian).
Bombay, 1993. Chamdi, a ten-year-old orphan, grows up in an orphanage while the city burns in clashes between Hindus and Muslims. He dreams of a Bombay without sadness and sets off in search of his father with bougainvillea petals in his pocket. On the street he meets Sumdi and Guddi, two brothers who scrape by begging for a bandit.
Italian translation by Anna Rusconi. The novel was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the OLA White Pine Award.
For lovers of contemporary fiction and stories featuring children in adverse contexts.
Anosh Irani is an Indo-Canadian novelist and playwright, born and raised in Mumbai.
