Shining Hero - Softcover
In a village outside modern-day Calcutta, a young girl sends a baby floating down a sacred river towards an unknown destiny. The river will ultimately link the fate of young Karna to that of a host of other characters: his teenage mother, Koonty; his half-brother and rival, Arjuna; his destitute foster mother, Dolly; as well as ruthless street thugs, pariahs, and film stars. In this enchanting novel, which dips luxuriously into the richness of Indian myth and Hindu legend, Sara Banerji takes us on an exhilarating ride from the underworld of Calcutta, to Bollywood, up into the Himalayas, culminating—as the brothers fight for fame and fortune—in a race to the death that only one can win.
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Sara Banerji was born in England but lived in India for many years where she ran a dairy farm. She now lives in Oxford where she teaches creative writing.
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“Ingenious and surprising... an Indiacentric Ulysses.” -- The Times Literary Supplement
“Sara Banerji is a very gifted storyteller.... Shining Hero must be a serious contender for the Booker Prize.” -- The Times
“Sara Banerji is a very gifted storyteller.... Shining Hero must be a serious contender for the Booker Prize.” -- The Times
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0007135688
- ISBN 13 9780007135684
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- Number of pages362
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A rich and dramatic story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune. In a village just outside present-day Calcutta, Koonty, a young girl, is squatting in pain beside the river, convinced that her agony is the result of a fish allergy. Its not shes giving birth and as the realisation dawns on her, she makes the connection with the encounter she had all those months ago with the swimming stranger with the golden bathing shortsHorrified, she places the baby onto a piece of floating debris, fixes her own necklace around his neck and pushes him downriver. Several miles downstream in Calcutta, the baby is discovered by Dolly, a young married woman desperate for a child. She takes him home and brings him up as her own son, calling him Karna.And so begins a chain of events which sees Karnas initial good fortune turn to tragedy so that, years later, hes forced to seek out Koonty, now married and with a son of her own A story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780007135684
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