In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again.Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career ambitions, but his ideals.Meanwhile the enigmatic Helen Fletcher returns to Chesterfield and Nayan finds himself growing close to her. But Helen carries secrets which connect her to Nayan in ways he d...

In 1929 young bride Mehar struggles with her family’s expectations whilst seventy years later her great-grandson discovers what her story can teach him about his own path.'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily MailMehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to thre...

Un romanzo così bello da mozzare il fiato«Lo splendido romanzo di Sahota intreccia due storie di epoche diverse. Entrambi i protagonisti sono prigionieri delle circostanze, ma il loro desiderio di redenzione li rende emblematici della condizione umana.»The Mail on Sunday«Uno scrittore dotato di uno straordinario talento, che fa brillare le sue frasi senza mai rinunciare alla semplicità, allo scavo psicologico e a una solida capacità narr...

Short-listed for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeThe Guardian: The Best Novels of 2015The Independent: Literary Fiction of the Year 2015From one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and Man Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev Sahota—a sweeping, urgent contemporary epic, set against a vast geographical and historical canvas, astonishing for its richness and texture and scope, and for the utter immersiveness of its reading experience.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.Sweeping between India and England, from childhood and the present day. Sunjeev Sahota's unforgettable novel about illegal immigrants is a story of dignity in the face of adversity. For fans of Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance.'The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century' – Washington PostThe Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily...

Dall'autore della "Stanza delle mogli"«Sahota sa infondere alle sue storie qualcosa di ineffabile e così, attraverso l'arte, dà forma tangibile alle incertezze e alle storture della vita.»The Guardian«Con equilibrio e profonda intelligenza, Sahota tratta temi grandi e difficili con uno stile diretto, originale e ricco.»The New York TimesOggi Nayan è un uomo di successo, amato e rispettato. Il suo pass...

From Yorkshire to Afghanistan, Ours are the Streets is a poignant and powerful story of political radicalization by Sunjeev Sahota, author of Man Booker Prize shortlisted The Year of the Runaways.When Imtiaz Raina leaves England for the first time, to bury his father on his family’s land near Lahore, he exchanges his uncertain life in Sheffield for a road that leads to the mountains of Kashmir and Afghanistan.Once back in Yorkshire, he wri...

Brought to you by Penguin.LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021A multigenerational novel of love, oppression, trauma and the pursuit of freedom, inspired in part by the author's own family history, China Room twines together the stories of a woman and a man separated by more than half a century but united by blood.Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her si...

**Brought to you by Penguin.In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again.**Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career ambitions, but his ideals.Meanwhile the enigmatic Helen Fletcher returns to Chesterfield and Nayan finds himself growing close to her. But Helen carries secrets which connect her ...

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in search of a new life. Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town. And Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar.