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9781907970337: One Point Two Billion

Sinopsis

There are 1.2 billion people living in India; more than 1.2 billion stories in one country.

Traversing thirteen Indian states, One Point Two Billion illuminates the exhilarating diversity of the second most populous nation in the world.

A man living on a tea plantation in the Nilgiri Hills realises he s in love with his daughter-in-law; a young family eagerly awaits the launch of Shakti-Cola; a chronically anxious yoga retreat manager struggles with the demands of her enlightenment-seeking Western patrons; and a family legacy hangs in the balance when a horrifying discovery is unearthed on their Rajasthani estate.

Filled with biting humour and laced with subtlety and emotion, the stories in this mesmerising collection offer glimpses into the loves, triumphs, and tragedies of everyday life in a world torn between tradition and the shock of modernity.

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Acerca del autor

Mahesh Rao was born and grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. His debut novel, The Smoke is Rising (also published by Daunt Books), won the Tata First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize and the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize (voted by readers). His short stories have been shortlisted for the 2013 Bridport Prize, the 2012 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the 2010 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest. Rao lives in Mysore, India.

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