Sunjeev Sahota delves into the complexities of identity and experience within Britain, often through the narratives of immigrants and their descendants. His prose is incisive and stylistically refined, plunging into the psychological depths of his characters. Sahota tackles pressing social issues of alienation and the search for belonging, offering readers profound reflections on contemporary life. His storytelling is powerful and compelling.
Nayan Olak is a man with a past. Haunted by the sudden death of his young son and his mother and driven onward by activism in his local union, he has a strong sense of what he believes to be right: solidarity above all things. When his certainties are challenged by his younger colleague Megha, who sees the world in different terms, and when his guard is broken by Helen, who has her own reasons for wanting to be close to him, Nayan's life is upended. Observing all this is a shadowy writer-figure called Sajjan who knew Nayan as a kid. He is determined to find the key to the tragedy of Nayan's loss—but at what cost to those who remain?
Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?
The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call. Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, this generous, unforgettable novel is a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
When Imtiaz Raina leaves England for the first time, to bury his father on his family's land near Lahore, he exchanges his uncertain life in Sheffield for a road that leads to the mountains of Kashmir and Afghanistan. Once back in Yorkshire, he writes through the night to his young wife Becka and baby daughter Noor, and tries to explain, in a story full of affection and yearning, what has happened to him - and why he has a devastating new sense of home.
Roman | Das Must-Read des Jahres und der fesselnde Roman zur Stunde.
368 pages
13 hours of reading
»Fesselnd. Unwiderstehlich. Brillant.« The Times Auf einmal sieht Nayan Olak die geheimnisvolle Helen Fletcher wieder in der Stadt. Seit dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes hat er keine Liebe mehr riskiert. Stattdessen steckt er all seine Energie in die örtliche Gewerkschaft und versucht, die Welt zu schaffen, die er sich für seinen Jungen gewünscht hätte. Als Nayan für die Gewerkschaftsführung kandidiert, scheint endlich erreichbar, woran er glaubt. Während im Wahlkampf seine Ideale infrage gestellt werden, kommt er Helen näher – und stößt auf lang gehütete Geheimnisse. Wie hängt ihre Vergangenheit mit seiner zusammen? Warum hat sie vor zwanzig Jahren die Stadt verlassen? Plötzlich ist viel mehr bedroht als nur Nayans Chancen auf den Sieg. Und als eine ungeahnte Gegenkandidatin antritt, ist das Rennen seines Lebens bereits in vollem Gange. Eine atemberaubende Mischung aus Tragödie und hochaktueller Gesellschaftsstudie. Dieses verdorbene Herz ist eine lebendige und vielschichtige Erkundung der Rätsel des Herzens und der erschütternden Auswirkungen von Geheimnissen. Ein flammendes Werk von einem der talentiertesten britischen Autoren unserer Zeit. »Eine spannungsgeladene, treibende Geschichte.« New York Times »Wahrhaftig und perfekt seziert.« The Guardian »Ein brillanter Roman. Verschlingt jeden, der das Buch in die Hand nimmt.« The Washington Post »Unermüdlich, bohrend, hochaktuell. Dieses verdorbene Herz ist vielleicht Sahotas bisher bestes Werk, mit einem turbulenten, aber perfekt durchdachten Ende – bewegend und aufschlussreich.« Financial Times Bei Fragen zur Produktsicherheit, wenden Sie sich bitte an: info@gutkind-verlag.de
