Gulab, Rupa
Ein Querkopf kommt selten allein
A novel from India
Translated from Indian English by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold
NordSüd, Zürich, 2008
208 pages
sFr. 23.80 / EUR 12,95
ISBN 978-3-314-01623-3
ages 12 and up
Original: »Chip of the Old Blockhead« © 2006 by Rupa & Co, New Delhi
The 13-year-old Priya is always self-confident. Since she can remember, she has lived with her mother in the middle of Delhi and has never really lacked for anything, except perhaps a second serving of chocolate ice cream. She has also never thought about her father — life with Mum has simply been too perfect for that. The news that there is a father, and that he would like to see her, hits Priya like an earthquake. She imagines everything possible to get rid of the trouble-maker. But soon everything turns out to be a bit more complicated than expected … he's not so bad really, and in any case, what is the story behind Mum and this suddenly reappeared father?
An entertaining, unusual and saucy novel right out of modern India. The emotions fly high, there are quarrels and arguments, but then again reconciliations – and what, please, is one to do with the first stirrings of love?
Ein Querkopf kommt selten allein
A novel from India
Translated from Indian English by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold
NordSüd, Zürich, 2008
208 pages
sFr. 23.80 / EUR 12,95
ISBN 978-3-314-01623-3
ages 12 and up
Original: »Chip of the Old Blockhead« © 2006 by Rupa & Co, New Delhi
The 13-year-old Priya is always self-confident. Since she can remember, she has lived with her mother in the middle of Delhi and has never really lacked for anything, except perhaps a second serving of chocolate ice cream. She has also never thought about her father — life with Mum has simply been too perfect for that. The news that there is a father, and that he would like to see her, hits Priya like an earthquake. She imagines everything possible to get rid of the trouble-maker. But soon everything turns out to be a bit more complicated than expected … he's not so bad really, and in any case, what is the story behind Mum and this suddenly reappeared father?
An entertaining, unusual and saucy novel right out of modern India. The emotions fly high, there are quarrels and arguments, but then again reconciliations – and what, please, is one to do with the first stirrings of love?
Die Autorin
Rupa Gulab wurde 1962 in Indien geboren und studierte Englische Literatur in Kalkutta. Eigentlich wollte sie danach als Journalistin arbeiten, geriet dann aber in die Fänge einer Werbeagentur. Nachdem sie einmal mehr eine Lüge auftischen musste, wie die, dass man nach dem Genuss von fettarmer Butter wie ein Supermodel aussehen würde, wurde es ihr zu bunt. Sie fing an Bücher zu schreiben. Rupa Gulab lebt heute in Mumbai.
Rupa Gulab wurde 1962 in Indien geboren und studierte Englische Literatur in Kalkutta. Eigentlich wollte sie danach als Journalistin arbeiten, geriet dann aber in die Fänge einer Werbeagentur. Nachdem sie einmal mehr eine Lüge auftischen musste, wie die, dass man nach dem Genuss von fettarmer Butter wie ein Supermodel aussehen würde, wurde es ihr zu bunt. Sie fing an Bücher zu schreiben. Rupa Gulab lebt heute in Mumbai.
