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A history of burning / Janika Oza.

By: Publication details: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2023.Description: 392 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780771002311 (hc.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • C813/.6 23
Summary: At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labour on the East African Railway for the British. One day, he makes a desperate choice to ensure his survival that will shadow his family's future for decades to come. As Pirbhai's grandchildren find their way back to each other in exile in Toronto, news arrives that makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, in order to secure their own place in the world.
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Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC OZA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001248369

At the turn of the twentieth century, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labour on the East African Railway for the British. One day, he makes a desperate choice to ensure his survival that will shadow his family's future for decades to come. As Pirbhai's grandchildren find their way back to each other in exile in Toronto, news arrives that makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, in order to secure their own place in the world.

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