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A People's History of Heaven - Hardback
- ISBN: 9780670092697
- Total Pages: 304
- Edition: 1
- Book Language: English
- Available Book Formats:Hardback
- Year: 2019
- Publication Date: 2019-09-01
- Publisher: Penguin Random House
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Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and technology incubators in contemporary Bangalore. In this tight-knit community, five girls on the cusp of womanhood-a politically driven graffiti artist; a transgender Christian convert; a blind girl who loves to dance; and the queer
daughter of a hijabi union leader-forge an unbreakable bond.
When the local government threatens to demolish their tin shacks in order to build a shopping mall, the girls and their mothers refuse to be erased. Together they wage war on the bulldozers sent to bury their homes, and, ultimately, on the city that wishes that families like them would remain hidden forever.
Elegant, poetic, and vibrant, A People's History of Heaven takes a clear-eyed look at adversity and geo..
Book Details
| Pustak Details | |
| Sold By | Penguin Random House |
| Author | Mathangi Subramanian |
| ISBN-13 | 9780670092697 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 304 |
| Publication Date | 2019-09-01 |
| Publication Year | 2019 |
| Category | Fiction |
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Book Description
Heaven is a thirty-year-old slum hidden between brand-new, high-rise apartment buildings and technology incubators in contemporary Bangalore. In this tight-knit community, five girls on the cusp of womanhood-a politically driven graffiti artist; a transgender Christian convert; a blind girl who loves to dance; and the queer
daughter of a hijabi union leader-forge an unbreakable bond.
When the local government threatens to demolish their tin shacks in order to build a shopping mall, the girls and their mothers refuse to be erased. Together they wage war on the bulldozers sent to bury their homes, and, ultimately, on the city that wishes that families like them would remain hidden forever.
Elegant, poetic, and vibrant, A People's History of Heaven takes a clear-eyed look at adversity and geography and dazzles in its depiction of love and female friendship.
