The Year of the Runaways - by Sunjeev Sahota (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The lives of three young men, and one unforgettable woman, intertwine over the course of one year after they immigrate from India to Sheffield, England.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In the north of England, a group of young Indian immigrants struggle to begin something new--to support their families; to build their futures; to show their worth; to escape their pasts. An epic for our times, <i>The Year of the Runaways</i> is a stunning work of fiction that explores what it means and what it costs to make a new life, the capaciousness of the human spirit, and the power of humanity in the face of unspeakable suffering.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize <p/>A <i>Washington Post</i> and <i>Boston Globe</i> Best Book of the Year</b> <p/>"Deeply affecting. . . . No recent novel does a more powerful job of capturing the day-to-day lives of . . . immigrants." --<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"Masterful. . . . Not only a timely book, but a gut-wrenching, emotionally honest one, as well." --NPR <p/> "A major achievement. . . . Sahota is a clear-eyed, unflinching storyteller." --<i>The New Yorker<br></i><br>"<i>The Grapes of Wrath</i> for the 21st century. . . . Sahota has captured the plight of millions of desperate people struggling to find work, to eke out some semblance of a decent life in a world increasingly closed-fisted and mean." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/> "[A] sprawling, stunning novel." --<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> <p/> "Sahota's superb novel helps to make the reality of migrants a little less unimaginable and a little more human." --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 in Derbyshire and lives in Sheffield with his wife and children.
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