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Still Lives
'The glow of my cigarette picks out a dark shape lying on the ground. I bend down to take a closer look. It's a dead sparrow. I wondered if I had become that bird, disoriented and lost.' Young, handsome and contemptuous of his father's traditional ways, PK Malik leaves Bombay to start a new life in America. Stopping in Manchester to visit an old friend, he thinks he sees a business opportunity, and decides to stay on. Now fifty-five, PK has fallen out of love with life. His business is struggling and his wife Geeta is lonely, pining for the India she's left behind. One day PK crosses the path of Esther, the wife of his business competitor, and they launch into an affair conducted in shabby hotel rooms, with the fear of discovery forever hanging in the air. Still Lives is a tightly woven, haunting work that pulls apart the threads of a family and plays with notions of identity. Shortlisted for the SI Leeds literary prize Winner of the Reader's Choice Award at the Diverse Book Awards 2023
Falling Off The Map
Iyer Experiences And Depicts These Lonely Places With The Same Wit, Vitality And Insight That Distinguish His First Two Books And The Result Is A Memorable Gallery Of Countries Poignantly Isolated In Spirit And Time' San Francisco Examiner What Does The Elegant Nostalgia Of Argentina Have In Common With The Raffish Nonchalance Of Australia? And What Do Both These Countries Have In Common With North Korea? They Are All `Lonely Places' Cut Off From The Rest Of The World By Geography, Ideology Or Sheer Weirdness. And They Have All Attracted The Attention Of Pico Iyer. Whether He Is Documenting The Cruising Rites Of Icelandic Teenagers, Being Interrogated By Tipsy Cuban Police Or Summarizing The Plot Of Bhutan'S First Feature Film (`A $6500 Spectacular About A Star-Crossed Couple: She Dies, He Throws Himself On The Funeral Pyre, And Both Live Happily Ever After As An Ox And A Cow'), Iyer Is Always Uncannily Observant And Acerbically Funny.
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From Kitchen Sink to Boardroom Table
Through real life accounts that capture the,essence of women's adaptability, flexibility and,foresight, From the Kitchen Sink to the Boardroom,Table will empower women to build on the skills,they develop while managing a home and family and,encouraging them to move successfully into the,workplace. Featuring women from varied walks of,life, this book shows how their personal and,domestic skills can and have been harnessed into,profitable and valued leading roles in modern day,business.
Raise the Lanterns High
"On the eve of her arrainged marriage, Vasti discovers that she is due to marry the rapist she saw in a sugar cane field years earlier. A horrific dilemma befalls her, she can either speak out, defy convention and bring the family name in disrepute or submit silently to her fate. The emotional strain is too much: the bride to be collapses, and while unconscious, travels in a dream from her home in 1960s Trinidad back to the 18th century city of Jyotika in North India.........." -- Back cover.
The Demented Dance
Tarik is only a young boy, but his life is already so bleak he sometimes doubts his own existence. When his father loses his job, things go from bad to worse, as the old man takes up drink and then loses his mental stability. When Tarik is taken into care, he soon lets the miseries of his life seep into his behaviour, taking up stealing, joyriding and hanging with a tough crew. A disturbing look at a marginal, desolate life, this book captures a sense of longing and despair as expressed through this innocent victim of an indifferent, lonely world.
One Bright Child
In 1936, at the age of 13, Gloria is torn away from her island home of Jamaica when her socially ambitious mother decides her the best education money can buy. Forced to attend a grammar school in London, she must adapt to a landscape whose contours are both alien and intriguing. Throwing herself into work, she decides to pursue a career in law and is accepted to Cambridge University. Struggling with prejudice on account of her race and colour, she enters a mixed marriage with a penniless Englishman. These hardships, however, only serve to fuel the fire of her ambition.
