Homelands
The History of a Friendship
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2023
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Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-269-6 (ISBN)
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-269-6 (ISBN)
A book about history, friendship, family and what it means to belong, from the award-winning journalist
THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022
'Remarkable' The Times
'Achingly beautiful' Guardian
Beautiful in unusual and wonderful ways' Rebecca Solnit
This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution.
This is a story of migration, racism, family, belonging, grief and resilience. It is about the state we're in now and the ways in which we carry our pasts into our futures.
THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022
'Remarkable' The Times
'Achingly beautiful' Guardian
Beautiful in unusual and wonderful ways' Rebecca Solnit
This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution.
This is a story of migration, racism, family, belonging, grief and resilience. It is about the state we're in now and the ways in which we carry our pasts into our futures.
Chitra Ramaswamy is an award-winning journalist and author. Her first book, Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy, won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Polari Prize. She has contributed essays to Antlers of Water, Nasty Women, The Freedom Papers, The Bi-ble and Message from the Skies. She is a TV critic for the Guardian, the restaurant critic for The Times Scotland, a columnist for the National Trust for Scotland and broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh with her partner, two young children and rescue dog. @Chitgrrl
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | integrated b&w photos |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 246 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83885-269-7 / 1838852697 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83885-269-6 / 9781838852696 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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