Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways
A group of young Indians desperately seek a better life for themselves in Sheffield.
World Book Club travels to The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in England, as guests of The Off the Shelf Festival and talks to local prize-winning Sheffield writer Sunjeev Sahota about his compelling novel, The Year of the Runaways.
Voyaging from India to England, from childhood to the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's heart-rending novel follows a group of young men each in flight from India and desperately searching for a new and fulfilling life in the northern British town of Sheffield. Tarlochan is silent about his past in Bihar, and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the traumatized Randeep. Randeep has a visa wife living separately in a flat nearby, who constantly dreads a surprise call from the immigration authorities.
An unforgettable story of dignity in the face of adversity and of the enduring power of the human spirit.
(Picture: Sunjeev Sahota. Photo credit: Simon Revill.)
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