[Amblems of transformation]

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel by Kiran Desai published in 1998. It is her first book and won the top prize for the Betty Trask Awards in 1998.[1] It is set in the Indian village of Shahkot (state of Punjab) and follows the exploits of a young man, Sampath Chawla, trying to avoid the responsibilities of adult life. Fed up with his life in Shahkot, Sampath goes to a guava orchard and settles himself in a guava tree, where he uses the gossip he learned while working at the post office to convince people he is clairvoyant and soon becomes a popular "holy man".

Kiran Desai based this book on a real-life story in which a man, Kapila Pradhan,[2] lived up a tree for 15 years. This was the author's inspiration for the book and there are similarities between the novel and Pradhan's life in his tree.

References

  1. ^ "Society of Authors — Prizes, Grants and Awards". Society of Authors. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. ^ Jena, Sanjaya (January 25, 2006). "Man lives in tree after domestic spat". BBC. Retrieved August 9, 2016.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hullabaloo_in_the_Guava_Orchard
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