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Aravind Adiga: Between the Assassinations

Скачать книгу (размер 1 722 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 339) Аннотация: Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare themselves to be without religion or caste. And if the characters in Between the Assassinations are any indication, Kittur is an extraordinary crossroads between the brightest minds and the poorest morals, the up-and-coming and the downtrodden, and the poets and the prophets of an India that modern literature has rarely…

Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Balram Halwai is the White Tiger — the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram…