Behind the beautiful forevers life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees ₃a fortune beyond counting₄ in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then...
| Main Author: | Boo, Katherine. |
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| Other Authors: | Malhotra, Sunil. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House : Books on Tape,
2012.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees ₃a fortune beyond counting₄ in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from web. Compact discs. Duration: 8:16:00. |
| Physical Description: |
7 sound discs (ca. 71 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9780307934055 0307934055 9780307934079 : 0307934071 : |
| Author Notes: |
She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Her reporting from disadvantaged communities has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, and a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. Her first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012), as well as nonfiction prizes from PEN, the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. (Bowker Author Biography) |