by Aravind Adiga · Einaudi · tapa dura · ISBN 9788806192006
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«La tigre bianca» is the novel by Aravind Adiga, published by Einaudi in hardcover (236 pages, in Italian).
Balram Halwai, born in a rural Indian village and destined to serve, manages to carve his way up to becoming an entrepreneur in Bangalore. In a long letter addressed to the prime minister of China, he reviews his life and rise, marked by inequality, corruption and rigid caste hierarchies, with an ironic and uncompromising voice.
This is the Italian edition of the original The White Tiger, published in the Supercoralli collection, with a translation by Norman Gobetti. Winner of the 2008 Booker Prize.
For those interested in contemporary Indian fiction and social criticism; also suitable for reading clubs.
Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
