Anita and Me
Autor Meera Syalen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 1999
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Guardian First Book Award (1996)
Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the British village of Tollington. With great warmth and humor, Meera Syal brings to life a quirky, spirited 1960s mining town and creates in her protagonist what the Washington Post calls a “female Huck Finn.” The novel follows nine-year-old Meena through a year spiced with pilfered sweets and money, bad words, and compulsive, yet inventive, lies. Anita and Me offers a fresh, sassy look at a childhood caught between two cultures.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781565845299
ISBN-10: 1565845293
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 142 x 205 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: New Press
ISBN-10: 1565845293
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 142 x 205 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: New Press
Recenzii
"A rich portrayal of the beauties and betrayals of girlhood friendship." —Newsday
"A well-observed comedy about the clash of two cultures . . . Syal has put her comic talents to good use." —The Times (London)
"A witty, original account of the trials and tribulations of growing up." —San Francisco Review of Books
"Delightful and illuminating." —Women's Review of Books
"Humorous and quirky. Syal has a gift of comedy that she uses to weave this delightful story." —Library Journal (starred review)
"A finalist for England's Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me describes with the leisurely pace of a 19th-century narrative a very 20th-century multicultural relationship between two headstrong girls. . . . The reader must search patiently through . . . bustling verbiage for the quieter, more subtle revelations about Meena and her family." —James Wilcox, The New York Times Book Review
"A well-observed comedy about the clash of two cultures . . . Syal has put her comic talents to good use." —The Times (London)
"A witty, original account of the trials and tribulations of growing up." —San Francisco Review of Books
"Delightful and illuminating." —Women's Review of Books
"Humorous and quirky. Syal has a gift of comedy that she uses to weave this delightful story." —Library Journal (starred review)
"A finalist for England's Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me describes with the leisurely pace of a 19th-century narrative a very 20th-century multicultural relationship between two headstrong girls. . . . The reader must search patiently through . . . bustling verbiage for the quieter, more subtle revelations about Meena and her family." —James Wilcox, The New York Times Book Review
Notă biografică
Meera Syal, a British-born Indian, is a writer and actress who is a familiar face on British TV. She has written a number of successful TV and film scripts, including Bhaji on the Beach and the multi-award-winning My Sister Wife, in which she also starred. She co-writes and stars in the British hit comedy series Goodness Gracious Me, which was nominated for an international Emmy and was awarded the MBE in 1998. She also performed in the star-studded London production of The Vagina Monologues. Her first novel, Anita and Me, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize. She lives in London.
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This poignant coming-of-age tale follows Meena, a young girl growing up in the only Punjabi family in a 1970s Black Country mining village. Meena spends her days happily getting into scrapes with the other local children until one day the impossibly cool Anita enters her life. Suddenly Meena knows exactly who she wants to be but is Anita all that she seems? Soon Meena's world is turned upside down as she is caught between two very different cultures. Anita and Me paints a comic, poignant, compassionate and colourful portrait of village life in the era of flares, power cuts, glam rock, decimalisation and Ted Heath. It has been adapted for the stage by the multi-award-winning Tanika Gupta.
This poignant coming-of-age tale follows Meena, a young girl growing up in the only Punjabi family in a 1970s Black Country mining village. Meena spends her days happily getting into scrapes with the other local children until one day the impossibly cool Anita enters her life. Suddenly Meena knows exactly who she wants to be but is Anita all that she seems? Soon Meena's world is turned upside down as she is caught between two very different cultures. Anita and Me paints a comic, poignant, compassionate and colourful portrait of village life in the era of flares, power cuts, glam rock, decimalisation and Ted Heath. It has been adapted for the stage by the multi-award-winning Tanika Gupta.
Premii
- Guardian First Book Award Nominee, 1996