Rich Like Us
by Nayantara Sahgal
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A craft novel that raises questions about non-violence, peace and oppression.Tags
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Contentwise, it was a pretty good read though too caustic a POV. Howevere, stylistically a nightmare with an overload of similies and metaphors.
Deze roman geeft en veelklerig, fascinerend en vaak ontluisterend beeld van de recente geschiedenis van Inda. De lezer is getuige van korruptie en diktatuur onder het bewind van 'Mevrouw', een op Indira Gandhi geïnspireerd personage. Het is zowel een meeslepende familieroman over Indiase upperclasse als een onthullende politieke roman.
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Hun vrouwen, goed doorvoede leeuwinnen, die zaten te knipogen in hun bier , kregen slaap en raakten de draad kwijt van al die heldendaden die om hen heen als breiwerk uitgerafeld werden^p 204
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Hun vrouwen, goed doorvoede leeuwinnen, die zaten te knipogen in hun bier , kregen slaap en raakten de draad kwijt van al die heldendaden die om hen heen als breiwerk uitgerafeld werden^p 204
Aug 4, 2010Dutch
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Mar 31, 2008Dutch
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Nayantara Sahgal is one of the most prolific writers in India today. The niece of Jawaharlal Nehru and cousin (and political enemy) of the late Indira Gandhi, Sahgal is known to have insisted, "being Nehru's niece or Madame Pandit's daughter has neither been a help or a hindrance---it has simply been my inheritance and background---but being Mrs. show more Gandhi's cousin as well as critic is another matter. It has given me a glimpse of how intolerable establishments reduce their critics to non-persons." Much of Sahgal's later fiction has dealt with the politics of post-Independence India and the changes in lifestyles and attitudes that beset the urban elite. Sahgal's sardonic and evocative descriptions of contemporary India and its corrupt politics have won her wide acclaim in India, where she is also well known as a political journalist and civil liberties activist. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Rijk als wij
- Original publication date
- 1985
- Original language
- english
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- Dutch, English, German
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- Paper, Ebook
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