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small fortune
by dastgir, rosie
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1594631514
- ISBN 13
- 9781594631511
- Seller
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RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Trade Paperback. Penguin. Riverhead Books. Cover Creased. Clean Text, No Water Damage, Strong Binding. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.
Synopsis
An entertaining debut novel reminiscent of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth that explores the lives of an extended Pakistani family of immigrants in London—all with a gently humorous touch and fond but wry eye Harris, the presumed patriarch of his large extended family in both England and Pakistan, has unexpectedly received a “small fortune” from his divorce settlement with an English woman: £53,000. As a devout Muslim, Harris views this sum as a “burden of riches” that he must unload on someone else as quickly as possible. But deciding which relative to give it to proves to be a burden of its own, and soon he has promised it both to his extremely poor cousins in Pakistan and to his Westernized, college-student daughter. Then, in a rash bout of guilt and misunderstanding, Harris signs the entire sum away to the least deserving, most prosperous cousin of all. This solves none of his problems and creates many more, exacerbating a tricky web of familial debt and obligation on two sides of the world, until the younger generation steps in to help. With insight, affection, and a great gift for character and story, Dastgir immerses us in a rich, beautifully drawn immigrant community and complex extended family. She considers the challenges between relatives of different cultural backgrounds, generations, and experiences—and the things they have to teach one another. A Small Fortune offers an affectionate and affecting look at class, culture, and the heartbreak of misinterpretation.
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- Bookseller
- Sixth Chamber Used Books/Fox Den Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1515708
- Title
- small fortune
- Author
- dastgir, rosie
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1594631514
- ISBN 13
- 9781594631511
- Publisher
- Riverhead Trade
- This edition first published
- 2013-05-07
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Sixth Chamber Used Books/Fox Den Books
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RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin
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