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Boyagoda, Randy

 
9780670066582: Beggar's Feast
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ISBN 10: 0670066583 ISBN 13: 9780670066582
Editorial: Pintail, 2012

Sinopsis

Sam Kandy, born to low prospects in a Ceylon village in 1899, dies a hundred years later as the wealthy headman of the same village—a self-made shipping magnate and the father of sixteen who’s been married three times and widowed twice.

Told in four parts, this enthralling novel traces Sam’s story from his boyhood—when his parents, convinced by his horoscope that he’d be a blight upon the family, abandon him at the gates of a distant temple—through to his dramatic escape from the temple, his daring journey across Ceylon to Australia and Singapore, and his bold return to the Ceylon village he once called home. There, he tries to win recognition for his success in the world—at any cost.

A novel about family, pride, and ambition set on a gorgeous, troubled island caught between tradition and modernity,Beggar’s Feast establishes Boyagoda as a major voice in international literature.

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Acerca del autor

Randy Boyagoda's first novel, Governor of the Northern Province, was critically acclaimed and long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.The Beggar's Feast was longlisted for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize.

He regularly reviews for The New York Times, Harper's and The Globe and Mail and is writing a biography of Richard John Neuhaus, which will be published in 2014. He is Chairman of the English Department at Ryerson University.

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Editorial
Pintail
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0670066583
ISBN 13 
9780670066582
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
321
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