Hullabaloo in the guava orchard

Desai, Kiran 1971-

Hullabaloo in the guava orchard Kiran Desai - 1. American ed. - New York, NY Atlantic Monthly Press 1998 - 209 S.

Fired from his job, the good-for-nothing Indian postal clerk, Sampath Chawla, 20, climbs a guava tree in search of contemplation and becomes a famous holy man. All of which proves his grandmother's point that the world is round and what goes downhill often emerges on top at the other end. A first novel.

0871137119


Roman de l'Inde de langue anglaise - Inde - 20e siècle
Sadhus--India--Fiction


Inde - Romans
India--Fiction




PS3554.E82

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