Climbing the Stairs - 9780399247460
Un libro in lingua di Padma Venkatraman edito da Penguin Group USA, 2008
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During World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of attending college. But when her forward-thinking father is beaten senseless by the British police, she is forced to live with her grandfather's large traditional family, where the women live apart from the men and are meant to be married off as soon as possible.
Vidya's only refuge becomes her grandfather's upstairs library, which is forbidden to women. There she meets Raman, a young man also living in the house who relishes her intellectual curiosity. But when Vidya's brother makes a choice the family cannot condone, and when Raman seems to want more than friendship, Vidkya must question all she has believed in.
Padma Venkatraman's debut novel poignantly shows a girl struggling to find her place in a mixedup world. Climbing the Stairs is a powerful story about love and loss set against a fascinating historical backdrop.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Climbing the Stairs
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Padma Venkatraman
- Editore: Penguin Group USA
- Collana: Penguin Group USA (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Maggio '08
- Genere: JUVENILE FICTION
- Argomenti : Family life India Fiction Prejudices Fiction Brain damage Fiction
- Pagine: 247
- Peso gr: 353
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0399247467
- EAN-13: 9780399247460