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After the release of Anita Rau Badami's critically acclaimed first novel, Tamarind Mem, it was evident a promising new talent had joined the Canadian literary community. Her dazzling literary follow-up is The Hero's Walk, a novel teeming with the author's trademark tumble of the haphazard beauty, wreckage and folly of ordinary lives. Set in the dusty seaside town of Toturpuram on the Bay of Bengal, The Hero's Walk traces the terrain of family and forgiveness through the lives of an exuberant cast of characters bewildered by the rapid pace of change in today's India. Each member of the Rao family pits his or her chance at personal fulfillment against the conventions of a crumbling caste and class system.
Anita Rau Badami explains that "The Hero's Walk is a novel about so many things: loss, disappointment, choices and the importance of coming to terms with yourself and the circumstances of your life without losing the dignity embedded in all of us. At one level it is about heroism - not the hero of the classic epic, those enormous god-sized heroes - but my fascination with the day-to-day heroes and the heroism that's needed to survive all the unexpected disasters and pitfalls of life."
Anita Rau Badami explains that "The Hero's Walk is a novel about so many things: loss, disappointment, choices and the importance of coming to terms with yourself and the circumstances of your life without losing the dignity embedded in all of us. At one level it is about heroism - not the hero of the classic epic, those enormous god-sized heroes - but my fascination with the day-to-day heroes and the heroism that's needed to survive all the unexpected disasters and pitfalls of life."
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"A big-hearted and compulsively readable novel ... [Badami is] a gifted observer of the human comedy." - The Toronto Star
"A powerful heady mix of brilliant characters, poignant reality, and a rare depth of emotional integrity and commitment ... This is a book you will want to explore and savour." - The Telegram (St. John's)
"What a treat it is to read Anita Rau Badami ... The Hero's Walk is a novel of a traditional, nearly anachronistic, storytelling-as-transport kind; an escape, an entertainment - that mere but elusive thing most of us, after all, are seeking in good fiction." - National Post
"An unforgettable and heart-wrenching tale." - Ottawa Citizen
"The Hero's Walk is beautifully crafted - rich and lush ... It offers bittersweet epiphanies amidst life's tragedies and showcases a novelist on the move." - Bill Richardson, The Georgia Straight
"[Badami] has an amazing knack for hauling together the beauty, mess, joy and folly of ordinary people's lives." - The Hamilton Spectator
"Its sly wit and penetrating insights illuminate a bittersweet story ... [This] is a chronicle that echoes what Graham Greene once called the random shrapnel of human experience." - The London Free Press
L'autore:
"A powerful heady mix of brilliant characters, poignant reality, and a rare depth of emotional integrity and commitment ... This is a book you will want to explore and savour." - The Telegram (St. John's)
"What a treat it is to read Anita Rau Badami ... The Hero's Walk is a novel of a traditional, nearly anachronistic, storytelling-as-transport kind; an escape, an entertainment - that mere but elusive thing most of us, after all, are seeking in good fiction." - National Post
"An unforgettable and heart-wrenching tale." - Ottawa Citizen
"The Hero's Walk is beautifully crafted - rich and lush ... It offers bittersweet epiphanies amidst life's tragedies and showcases a novelist on the move." - Bill Richardson, The Georgia Straight
"[Badami] has an amazing knack for hauling together the beauty, mess, joy and folly of ordinary people's lives." - The Hamilton Spectator
"Its sly wit and penetrating insights illuminate a bittersweet story ... [This] is a chronicle that echoes what Graham Greene once called the random shrapnel of human experience." - The London Free Press
Born in the eastern town of Rourkela, Badami spent her childhood drifting around India as her father, a mechanical engineer and train designer, was transferred frequently. Her family moved at least eight times before she was twenty. Since her parents both spoke different Indian dialects, English was the bridging language for the family. (Badami's second language is Hindi.) The convent nuns who took care of her schooling were not always a receptive audience for Badami's budding literary talents. "Dear child," one of her teachers commented in response to a writing assignment, "what big lies you tell. Please ask your mother to see me." At school the nuns taught Greek and Roman myths, and even Celtic tales. "The only mythology I don't remember learning in school was Hindu mythology," Anita recalls.
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- EditoreRandom House of Canada Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2000
- ISBN 10 067697225X
- ISBN 13 9780676972252
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- Numero di pagine359
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