Behind the beautiful forevers / a play by David Hare ; based on the book by Katherine Boo.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2014Description: 129 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571312412 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Literature | Literature | Mumbai (India) -- DramaDDC classification: 822.9'2 Summary: India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, a makeshift slum. It's home to foul mouthed Zehrunisa and her garbage sorting son Abdul, entrepreneurs both. Sunil, 12, picks plastic. Manju, schoolteacher, hopes to be the settlement's first woman to gain a degree. Asha, go-to woman, exploits every scam to become a first-class person. And Fatima, One Leg, is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. Katherine Boo spent three years under the flight-path, recording the lives of Annawadi's diverse inhabitants. From Boo's book, David Hare has fashioned an epic play for the stage which details the ingenious and sometimes violent ways in which the poor and disadvantaged negotiate with corruption to seek a handhold on capitalism's lowest rungs.Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Book | Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 3 | 822.914 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 06195776 |
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India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, a makeshift slum. It's home to foul mouthed Zehrunisa and her garbage sorting son Abdul, entrepreneurs both. Sunil, 12, picks plastic. Manju, schoolteacher, hopes to be the settlement's first woman to gain a degree. Asha, go-to woman, exploits every scam to become a first-class person. And Fatima, One Leg, is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. Katherine Boo spent three years under the flight-path, recording the lives of Annawadi's diverse inhabitants. From Boo's book, David Hare has fashioned an epic play for the stage which details the ingenious and sometimes violent ways in which the poor and disadvantaged negotiate with corruption to seek a handhold on capitalism's lowest rungs.
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