Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Man Booker 2008 winner





The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won the 2008 prize.


Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations.

The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.


Author Biography

Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai.

2 comments:

Naj AB said...

Now reading this. Banyak persamaan selera buku dengan Tuan Isma, kebanyakan buku lain sama ada dalam wishlist saya atau saya sudah tertarik mahu baca. Will revisit your blog for sure.

Isma Ae Mohamad said...

Saya tidak ada kesempatan lagi membacanya. Di Kota Bharu masih belum sampai buku ini.Tunggu April ini di Pesta Buku KL saya akan mendapatnya..