Gifted
Autor Nikita Lalwanien Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 2008
Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. India infuses her with a romantic sense of belonging and, as she grows older, and desire becomes a dirty word in the Vasi household, the idea of love is opened up to painful examination.
'A sparkling funny and poignant study of a young maths prodigy struggling with her gift and a difficult family' Gerard Woodward, Books Of The Year,Observer
'Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written'Independent
'Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny'Observer
Nikita Lalwani was born in Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff. Her first novelGiftedwas longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She lives in London.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141030395
ISBN-10: 0141030399
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141030399
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Nikita
Lalwaniwas
born
in
Rajasthan
and
raised
in
Cardiff.
She
has
written
two
novels
previously,GiftedandThe
Village.Her
first
novelGiftedwas
longlisted
for
the
Man
Booker
Prize,
shortlisted
for
the
Costa
First
Novel
Award
and
won
the
Desmond
Elliott
Prize.
She
was
also
nominated
for
theSunday
TimesYoung
Writer
of
the
Year
Award.
She
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
A
sparkling
funny
and
poignant
study
of
a
young
maths
prodigy
struggling
with
her
gift
and
a
difficult
family
Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written
Pinpoints with genuine insight the bewilderment and anguish of a young woman marked out from her peers
Lalwani's evocation of teenage dislocation is pitch-perfect and she inhabits her heroine's interior world with tender authority
The novel's triumph is in elucidating the hurt of both child and parents. Lalwani compellingly depicts the pain and pleasure of breaking the rules
Beautiful, brilliant . . . Unveils the grand emotions and tiny details of other people's lives with insight, compassion, humour and heartbreaking honesty
Accomplished and confident. Much to admire from the assured descriptions to the well judged blend of comedy and drama
A poignant, vivid debut. Beautifully describes the dramas of growing up
A giddy portrayal of youthful exuberance unleashed that rings startlingly true
Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny
Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written
Pinpoints with genuine insight the bewilderment and anguish of a young woman marked out from her peers
Lalwani's evocation of teenage dislocation is pitch-perfect and she inhabits her heroine's interior world with tender authority
The novel's triumph is in elucidating the hurt of both child and parents. Lalwani compellingly depicts the pain and pleasure of breaking the rules
Beautiful, brilliant . . . Unveils the grand emotions and tiny details of other people's lives with insight, compassion, humour and heartbreaking honesty
Accomplished and confident. Much to admire from the assured descriptions to the well judged blend of comedy and drama
A poignant, vivid debut. Beautifully describes the dramas of growing up
A giddy portrayal of youthful exuberance unleashed that rings startlingly true
Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny