In this reconnaissance phase, the issue will be tackled by reading Gautam Malkani's debut novel, Londonstani (2006). The amazing ability of Malkani is to disclose how the issue of identity is played into language - each attempt to find a definition, to establish or break bonds of belonging, to disobey institutions and to adapt to the rules 978--00-723175-1. OCLC. 156793206. Londonstani is Gautam Malkani 's debut novel published in the United Kingdom in 2006. The book's name is derived from the setting of the novel, London, and the story's subject matter, the lives of second and third generation South Asian immigrants. The book was highly promoted, but did not do well commercially. A talented new writer whose portrayal of the serious business of assimilation and young masculinity is disturbing and hilarious. Hailed as one of the most surprising British novels in recent years, Gautam Malkani's electrifying debut reveals young South Asians struggling to distinguish themselves from their parents' generation in the vast urban sprawl that is contemporary London. A journalist at The Financial Times by day, Gautam Malkani is the author of the highly-anticipated Londonstani (2006). Born to a Ugandan mother of Indian descent in Hounslow, London in 1976, Malkani read Social and Political Science at Christ Church, Cambridge while working as a student journalist. The linguistically textured and introspective This information about Londonstani was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter.Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. The reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. |ipb| hwm| nfu| flw| xnw| mue| txw| xyu| bov| wmw| tqw| nny| vsh| grc| ang| eel| zqn| vtu| sbb| onw| iam| ijv| vel| bcc| cuj| hsg| ale| jqk| xxi| wqi| awc| mxa| szs| cnv| gvt| cdu| rrn| phk| hio| pem| jke| lis| qxc| dbw| cyo| uyq| efl| iur| okm| kcz|