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Per J. Andersson, Anna Holmwood (Beteiligte)

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love


Übersetzung: Holmwood, Anna
B FORMAT. 2017. 304 S. 7.80 in
Verlag/Jahr: ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS 2017
ISBN: 1-78607-208-4 (1786072084)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78607-208-5 (9781786072085)

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Slumdog Millionaire - but for real!

WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS

The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait - it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably.

PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was forced to sit outside the classroom during school, would watch classmates wash themselves if they came into contact with him, and had stones thrown at him when he approached the village temple. According to the priests, PK dirtied everything that was pure and holy. But had PK not been an untouchable, his life would have turned out very differently.

This is the remarkable true story of how love and courage led PK to overcome extreme poverty, caste prejudice and adversity - as well as a 7,000-mile, adventure-filled journey across continents and cultures - to be with the woman he loved.
´A feel-good story that´s so feel-good it makes other feel-good stories feel bad.´
New York Times Book Review
Holmwood, Anna
Anna Holmwood translates literature from Chinese and Swedish to English. She was awarded one of the first British Centre for Literary Translation mentorship awards in 2010 and is currently working on a major series of Chinese martial arts novels by Jin Yong for MacLehose Press. In 2011 she co-founded the Emerging Translators´ Network to support early career translators, and was elected to the UK Translators Association committee in 2012. She lives in China.