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The white tiger / Aravind Adiga
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Edité par Atlantic Books. London , 2008
The White Tiger is in India. The protagonist, Balram Halwai is born in Laxmangarh, a rural village in └the Darkness┴. Balram narrates his life in a letter, which he wrote in seven consecutive nights and addressed to the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao. In his letter, Balram explains how he, the son of rickshaw puller, escaped a life of servitude to become a successful businessman, describing himself as a successful entrepreneur. Balram begins the novel by describing his life in Laxmangarh. There he lived with his grandmother, parents and brother and extended family. He is a smart child ; however, he is forced to quit school in order to help pay for his cousin sister's dowry. He begins to work in a teashop with his brother in Dhanbad. While working in the teashop he begins to learn about India's government and economy from the customers' conversations. Balram describes himself as a bad servant and decides that he wants to become a driver.
- Type de document
- Livre
- Langues
- anglais
- Description physique
- 321 p.; 20 cm
- Date de publication
- 2008
- Cote
- R ADI Ang
- Fonds
- Adulte
- Classification
- Romans
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