Aravind Adiga (10 kníh)
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Aravind Adiga Between the Assassinations ENNestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, Aravind Adiga brings an entire world vividly and unforgettably to life.
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Aravind Adiga Bílý tygr CZDojemný, hněvivý, hořce humorný příběh o dvou Indiích. Balrám alias Bílý tygr, sluha, filozof, podnikatel, vrah v průběhu sedmi nocí, pod mihotavým světlem okázalého lustru, vypráví svůj neobyčejný příběh. Narodil se ve vesnici v temném srdci Indie jako syn rikši. Rodina ho brzy vzala ze školy a poslala pracovat do čajovny. Tam drtí uhlí, utírá stoly a přitom sní o úniku - o tom, že se odtrhne od břehů Matky…
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Aravind Adiga Last Man in Tower ENThe paperback publication of Aravind Adiga's second novel is, quite simply, Atlantic's biggest paperback of the year supported by its biggest ever marketing campaign.
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Aravind Adiga Last Man in Tower ENTwenty-first century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future. His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury apartments, will make each of its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As…
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Aravind Adiga The White Tiger ENBalram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly…
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Aravind Adiga The White TigerBalram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly…
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Aravind Adiga The White TigerHere's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - possessive, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his foetus, but you know his corpse...
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Aravind Adiga The White TigerMeet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, ...
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