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Behind the Beautiful Forevers - by David Hare (Paperback)

Name: Behind the Beautiful Forevers - by David Hare (Paperback)
Brand: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
SKU: 93893367
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A stage adaptation of Katherine Boo's National Book Award-winning study of life in a Mumbai slumIndia is surging with global ambition.
About the Author: David Hare is a playwright, screenwriter, and theater and film director.
128 Pages
Drama, European

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Book Synopsis

A stage adaptation of Katherine Boo's National Book Award-winning study of life in a Mumbai slum

India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, Annawadi, full of people with plans of their own.
Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he's as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government antipoverty funds to turn herself into a "first-class person," while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum's first female graduate.
But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighborhood.
For Behind the Beautiful Forevers, journalist Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale.

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"[David Hare is] one of the few major playwrights in our language." --New York Post

About the Author

David Hare is a playwright, screenwriter, and theater and film director. He was won numerous awards and is best known for his screenplays for The Hours (2002) and The Reader (2008) and the plays Plenty (which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep in 1985), Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), and Amy's View (1998). He lives in London.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.1 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)

Weight: .25 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 128

Genre: Drama

Sub-Genre: European

Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Paperback

Author: David Hare

Language: English

Street Date: October 6, 2015

TCIN: 93893367

UPC: 9780865478350

Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-4116

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.25 pounds

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