Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
New York : Random House : Books on Tape, 2012.
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 7 sound discs (approximately 71 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Annawadi is a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are filled with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees ₃a fortune beyond counting₄ in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power and economic envy turn brutal.
ISBN:
9780307934055
UPC: 9780307934055
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CD SOCIAL SCI Boo | Southeast | Book on CD Nonfiction | In |
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Title from web.
Compact discs.
Duration: 8:16:00.
Sound recording.
Read by Sunil Malhotra.
National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2012.
Compact discs.
Duration: 8:16:00.
Sound recording.
Read by Sunil Malhotra.
National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2012.