by Bapsi Sidhwa · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788873056928
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«La spartizione del cuore» is the historical novel by Bapsi Sidhwa, published by Neri Pozza in paperback (315 pages, in Italian).
In Lahore in 1947, during the partition of India, little Lenny Sethi, ill with polio, watches as religious tensions between Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs turn to violence. Alongside her nanny, the center of a circle of working-class admirers, the girl witnesses the end of her childhood world.
Translation by Luciana Pugliese. The original title is «Ice Candy Man», also known as «Cracking India». This edition was published in 1999.
A work recommended for readers of historical fiction and narrative on the Indian subcontinent.
Bapsi Sidhwa was a Pakistani novelist who wrote in English and was resident in the United States.
