Behind The Beautiful Forevers (English, Paperback, Boo Katherine)
Behind The Beautiful Forevers (English, Paperback, Boo Katherine)
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Random House India
- Genre: Social Science
- ISBN: 9780143420309, 0143420305
- Edition: 1st Edition, 2012
- Pages: 280
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a brilliant, breathtaking non-fiction written by Pulitzer Prize-winner, Katherine Boo.
Summary of the Book
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a fast-paced book based on three years of uncompromising and rigorous reporting by the author. The book follows the life of the residents of the Annawadi slum in Mumbai, as they strive toward a better life in the City of Dreams. Annawadi is a present-day slum in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Abdul is a street-smart teenager who picks trash for a living. Meanwhile, Asha is an ambitious woman who identifies an easy way out of this life of misery and with luck on her side, her beautiful daughter might become Annawadi’s first female college graduate. But when Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy and global recession and terror rock the city of Mumbai, all their hopes and dreams come crashing down. Behind the Beautiful Forevers will be a great read for those who enjoy non-fiction.
About Katherine Boo
Katherine Book is an American investigative journalist and author. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the MacArthur "genius" award, and the National Book Award for Non-fiction. She was a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine since 2003. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity won several awards including the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the New York Public Library, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Book Award for Non-fiction. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University and is married to Sunil Khilnani, a professor of politics and the director of the India Institute at King's College London.
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Brilliant narration
Rituraj
Certified Buyer
May, 2012
A common everyday story - in an uncommon way
Reading first few pages for me was just flipping through pages, nothing new, yeah I know we do best in attracting news about our poverty. I am sure any non-Indian would read these accounts with two eyes pooped out.
The beauty of the book catches on you once you know ...
Akash Kothari
Mar, 2012
Fabulous work
Ameya Chumbhale
Certified Buyer
Feb, 2012
India Bashing
Tabir Mishra
Certified Buyer, Gautam Buddha Nagar
May, 2014
If you know Mumbai
Yogesh Pandey
Certified Buyer
Feb, 2012
Heartbreaking Beauty
The book reads like a novel, but it is not. It is a tremendous work of non-fiction, one which was made possible by years of back-breaking research and video-footage. A stunningly good read.
Siddharth Samant
Certified Buyer
Jan, 2014
Beautiful forever
Its one of the best book if not the best book I have ever read. And it is saying something because I have read quiet a few bestsellers(more like 59)
very strange this book has only 3.8 rating here!!
RS
Nov, 2013
Brilliantly Capatured
She has brilliantly captured the series of events that occur during the period of the book. Its just unbelievable how well she has researched to bring every small detail/ mention in the book.
A must read.
Saurabh Shah
Jun, 2012
Prey
The book has gathered great reviews already. Joseph Lelyveld called it the "best piece of journalism to come out of India in the last fifty years". Shashi Tharoor and Jonathan Shinin, the editor of Caravan, have very high praise for it.
The lives of the children are blighted by the utter lack of p...
Karamchand Ghote
Certified Buyer
Feb, 2012
Its not something Indians don't know about
Deepa Moses
Certified Buyer
Mar, 2012
