Slumdog Millionaire

Name: Slumdog Millionaire
Author: Vikas Swarup
ISBN: 9781443455015

Vikas SwarupAuthor

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The prize-winning novel that inspired the acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire: winner of eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay
Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested on suspicion of fraud for answering all twelve questions correctly on TV’s Who Will Win a Billion? Ram has never gone to school. He has never read a newspaper. There is no way a poor orphan from Jimmy’s Bar could know the names of the planets or the plays of Shakespeare . . . unless he has cheated. Rescued from his police cell by a lawyer, Ram reviews television footage of his flawless performance and takes us on an amazing tour of his life growing up in Asia’s biggest slum—from the day he is salvaged from a garbage can to his job with a faded Bollywood star, to working as an overly imaginative tour guide at the Taj Mahal, to falling in love with Nita, a young prostitute. A brilliantly conceived fable with a modern sensibility, Slumdog Millionaire is a comic and charming novel that paints an enthralling portrait of humanity.

ISBN9781443455015

PublisherHarper Perennial

Publication Date12/19/17

Pages304

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ISBN9781443455015

PublisherHarper Perennial

Publication Date12/19/17

Pages304

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ena_bookdragon
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ena_bookdragon
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5.0
Ein Buch, das man unbedingt gelesen haben sollte
Slumdog Millionaire beschönigt nichts, erzählt die Geschichte von Ram Mohammad Thomas schonungslos, schafft es aber seine tragische Kindheit für die Leser*innen aushaltbar zu beschreiben. Die Art, wie die Geschichte erzählt wird, ist einzigartig und hat mich ab Seite 1 in ihren Bann gezogen. Für mich ein literarisches Meisterwerk!
Jul 10, 2024
5.0
Ein Buch, das man unbedingt gelesen haben sollte
Slumdog Millionaire beschönigt nichts, erzählt die Geschichte von Ram Mohammad Thomas schonungslos, schafft es aber seine tragische Kindheit für die Leser*innen aushaltbar zu beschreiben. Die Art, wie die Geschichte erzählt wird, ist einzigartig und hat mich ab Seite 1 in ihren Bann gezogen. Für mich ein literarisches Meisterwerk!
Jul 10, 2024
lina.hzg
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lina.hzg
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3.0
Had to read it for school. Some said this book is bad, so my expectations weren't that high, but I was surprised. It wasn't that bad and quite interesting. It was a bit confusing at first, as the chapters of his life are not in order and the reader has to figure out the new setting at the beginning of every chapter, which was sometimes quite exhausting. But it displayed the different lives in India interesting and I think realistic (ofc I don't know the truth about India and the culture depicted in this book). I have to admit, the main character annoyed me sometimes, but sometimes he also acted in a way I somehow found relatable idk so in the end I could still sympathise with him.
Jul 28, 2023
3.0
Had to read it for school. Some said this book is bad, so my expectations weren't that high, but I was surprised. It wasn't that bad and quite interesting. It was a bit confusing at first, as the chapters of his life are not in order and the reader has to figure out the new setting at the beginning of every chapter, which was sometimes quite exhausting. But it displayed the different lives in India interesting and I think realistic (ofc I don't know the truth about India and the culture depicted in this book). I have to admit, the main character annoyed me sometimes, but sometimes he also acted in a way I somehow found relatable idk so in the end I could still sympathise with him.
Jul 28, 2023