Bøger af Sunjeev Sahota

'Gripping... irresistible... brilliant' The Times'Perfectly judged and intimately alive' GuardianNayan Olak hasn't risked love since his young son died.Instead he has ploughed his grief and energy into his work at the union, trying to create the world he would have wanted for his boy. Now he's running for the leadership: a huge moment for Nayan, the culmination of everything he believes.As he grows closer to the mysterious Helen Fletcher, and to the possibility that their pasts may have been connected, much more is suddenly threatened than his chances of winning. And when Megha Sharma, a new candidate with new politics, bursts into the picture, the race of a lifetime is on.'A plot-packed, propulsive story' New York Times'Restless, inquiring, utterly topical. The Spoiled Heart may be his finest yet, with a tumultuous but perfectly sustained ending that proves both moving and revelatory' Financial TimesReaders are obsessed with The Spoiled Heart:**'A deft and artful novel when it comes to speaking around the philosophical questions that define our current 'culture wars''**'A compelling story that looks at a number of social and cultural issues but is basically a very absorbing narrative'**'A masterful novel which asks important topical state-of-the-nation questions'**'My favourite of Sahota's novels'

Nayan Olak is a man with a past. Haunted by the sudden death of his young son and his mother - the early hours of the morning, a fire, a mystery never solved - and driven onwards by activism in his local union, he has a strong sense of what he believes to be right. Solidarity, above all things. When his certainties are challenged by his younger colleague Megha, who sees the world in different terms, and when his guard is broken by Helen, who has her own reasons for wanting to be close to him, Nayan's life is upended. Observing all of this is a shadowy writer-figure called Sajjan, who knew Nayan as a kid. He is determined to find the key to the tragedy of Nayan's loss - but at what cost to those who remain?The Spoiled Heart is a magnificent novel of grief, faith, politics and love, driven by curiosity, compassion, and the desire for connection.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015'A brilliant and beautiful novel' Kamila Shamsie, Guardian'The Grapes of Wrath for the 21st century' Washington PostThe Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the chaotic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call.Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's generous, unforgettable novel is - as with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance - a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

Short-listed for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeThe Guardian: The Best Novels of 2015The Independent: Literary Fiction of the Year2015From one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and Man Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev Sahotaa sweeping, urgent contemporary epic, set against a vast geographical and historical canvas, astonishing for its richness and texture and scope, and for the utter immersiveness of its reading experience.Three young men, and one unforgettable woman, come together in a journey from India to England, where they hope to begin something newto support their families; to build their futures; to show their worth; to escape the past. They have almost no idea what awaits them.In a dilapidated shared house in Sheffield, Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his life in Bihar. Avtar and Randeep are middle-class boys whose families are slowly sinking into financial ruin, bound together by Avtar's secret. Randeep, in turn, has a visa wife across town, whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes in case the immigration agents surprise her with a visit. She is Narinder, and her story is the most surprising of them all. The Year of the Runaways unfolds over the course of one shattering year in which the destinies of these four characters become irreversibly entwined, a year in which they are forced to rely on one another in ways they never could have foreseen, and in which their hopes of breaking free of the past are decimated by the punishing realities of immigrant life. A novel of extraordinary ambition and authority, about what it means and what it costs to make a new lifeabout the capaciousness of the human spirit, and the resurrection of tenderness and humanity in the face of unspeakable suffering.