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