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Behind the beautiful forevers : [life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity]
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, c2012.
Physical Description
xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary
Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal.
Contents
- Prologue : between roses
- Undercitizens. Annawadi ; Asha ; Sunil ; Manju
- The business of burning. Ghost house ; The hole she called a window ; The come-apart ; The master
- A little wildness. Marquee effect ; Parrots, caught and sold ; Proper sleep
- Up and out. Nine nights of dance ; Something shining ; The trial ; Ice ; Black and white ; A school, a hospital, a cricket field.