We That Are Young
When a billionaire hotelier and political operator attempts to pit his three daughters against one another, a brutal struggle for primacy begins in this modern-day take on Shakespeare s iKing Lear/i. Set in contemporary India, where rich men are gods while farmers starve and water is fast running out, iWe That Are Young /iis a story about power, status, and the love of a megalomaniac father. A searing exploration of human fallibility, Preti Taneja s remarkable novel reveals the fragility of the human heart and its inevitable breaking point.
Autor: | Taneja, Preti |
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EAN: | 9781524711450 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 496 |
Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
Verlag: | Knopf Penguin Random House |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06.09.2018 |
Untertitel: | A novel |
Schlagworte: | Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen Familienroman / Familienerzählung Indien; Romane/Erzählungen modern fiction Indian novel fiction book debut novel Shakespeare adaptation King Lear book Shakespeare novel literary fiction historical fiction historical novel modern india indian fiction shakespeare india king lear realistic fiction books novels fiction fiction books literature books fiction indian mystery contemporary fiction 21st century family culture coming of age race music cooking historical magical realism classic literary drama art mystery books comedy crime adoption writing dutch fantasy satire romance translation baseball road trip funny books |
Größe: | 33 × 156 × 234 |
Gewicht: | 548 g |