Beautiful Thing
Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars
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2012
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Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-0-85786-170-2 (ISBN)
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-0-85786-170-2 (ISBN)
The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year 2011
Meet Leela: nineteen, charismatic and fearlessly outspoken. With her sharp wit and stubborn optimism, she is the best paid bar dancer on Bombay's notorious Mira Road. Leela has a 'husband' (who is already married), a few lovers whose names she can't remember, an insufferable mother camping out in her flat and an adored best friend, Priya - the most beautiful woman she has ever seen.
But when the dance bars are banned, Leela's proud independence faces its greatest test. In a city where everyone is certain that someone, somewhere, is worse off than them, Leela fights to survive - and win.
Meet Leela: nineteen, charismatic and fearlessly outspoken. With her sharp wit and stubborn optimism, she is the best paid bar dancer on Bombay's notorious Mira Road. Leela has a 'husband' (who is already married), a few lovers whose names she can't remember, an insufferable mother camping out in her flat and an adored best friend, Priya - the most beautiful woman she has ever seen.
But when the dance bars are banned, Leela's proud independence faces its greatest test. In a city where everyone is certain that someone, somewhere, is worse off than them, Leela fights to survive - and win.
Sonia Faleiro is an award-winning reporter and writer. She is the author of a book of fiction, The Girl, and a contributor to numerous anthologies including AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India. She has reported for publications including India Today and Tehelka, and is now a contributing editor with Vogue. Sonia was born in Goa, studied in Edinburgh and lives in San Francisco. She is working on her second book of non-fiction.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.8.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 200 mm |
| Gewicht | 170 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Bombay/Mumbai; Berichte/Erinnerungen • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85786-170-0 / 0857861700 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85786-170-2 / 9780857861702 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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