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From one of Canada's brightest new literary stars - a startling and beautiful novel about abandonment, poverty, and violence, as well as loyalty, love, and hope, as seen through the eyes of a young homeless boy. It is 1993 and Bombay is on the verge of being torn apart by racial violence. Ten-year-old Chamdi has rarely ventured outside his orphanage, and entertains an idyllic fantasy of what the city is like beyond its garden walls - a paradis...

Zairos, Bombayin eteklerindeki Dahanu kasabasinda yasayan toprak sahibi bir babanin hovarda ogludur. Kaygisizca yasadigi hayati, topraklarinda calisan Varli asiretinden Ganpatin aniintihariyla gizemli bir sekilde bölünür. Bu ölümün üzerinden cok gecmeden Zairos kalbini Ganpatin kizi Kusuma kaptirir, ancak bu iliski, Zairosu yasadigi toplumun tabulariyla karsi karsiya getirir. Kusuma olan aski derinlestikce, kendisini dedesi Sapur, Ganpat ve di...

This powerful work about a transgender sex worker in the red-light district of Bombay who is given an unexpected task, is a gripping literary page-turner--difficult and moving, surprising and tender.The Parcel's astonishing heart, soul and unforgettable voice is Madhu--born a boy, but a eunuch by choice--who has spent most of her life in a close-knit clan of transgender sex workers in Kamathipura, the notorious red-light district of Bombay. Ma...

Governor General's Literary Award-winning author and playwright Anosh Irani's critically acclaimed one-man performance Buffoon is a masterclass of tragicomic theatre. Born to circus folk who prefer trapezing over parenting, Felix quickly learns to turn life's misfortunes into jokes. His longing for family and home is piqued at the tender age of seven when he falls hopelessly in love with an older woman, the beguiling Aja, who is eight. In the ...

Eighteen-year-old Hasan Siddiqui lives in a bustling Muslim quarter of Bombay. He escapes the drudgery of his work at a chicken slaughterhouse by fostering two fervent dreams - to become a star in cricket, a sport at which he happens to excel, and to win the affections of Haseena, a fiercely intelligent young woman two years his junior. When it comes to her, however, he is not so proficient, and Hasan's close-to-nonexistent prospects - along w...

From one of Canada's brightest literary stars - a startling and beautiful novel about abandonment, poverty, and violence, as well as loyalty, love, and hope, as seen through the eyes of a young homeless boy. It is 1993 and Bombay is on the verge of being torn apart by racial violence. Ten-year-old Chamdi has rarely ventured outside his orphanage, and entertains an idyllic fantasy of what the city is like beyond its garden walls - a paradise he...

Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Quill and Quire, it was also shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada.

Madhu ha avuto molti nomi, molte identità, ma nessuna è mai riuscita a definirla davvero. Nata maschio, da sempre con l'anima di una donna, Madhu è una hijra - appartiene al terzo sesso, né maschio, né femmina. Di certo è lei il cuore pulsante di Kamathipura, l'infernale distretto a luci rosse di Bombay, anche adesso che ha quarantanni e, come tutte le hijra, ha smesso di prostituirsi e vive di espedienti, con un posto di riguardo nella grande...

Bombay, 1993. Chamdi ha dieci anni e vive alle porte della città, lontano dagli scontri tra induisti e musulmani che infiammano le strade, dalle moschee bruciate e dai negozi svaligiati. La sua non e una vera casa, è un orfanotrofio, perché i genitori lo hanno abbandonato quando era appena nato. Il suo mondo è fatto del colore acceso delle bouganvillee, delle canzoni, dei giochi e delle preghiere silenziose, perché arrivi qualcuno e lo porti v...

From renowned author Anosh Irani comes an updated edition of The Bombay Plays featuring two plays that explore the depths of the back alleys of Bombay.

Moving, poignant, and wonderfully rich in the sights and sounds of Bombay, this novel is the story of ten-year-old Chamdi's search for his long-lost father and his own struggle for survival on the city's dangerous streets.