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Marriage material by sathnam sanghera world of books. Marriage material by sathnam sanghera shortlisted for the costa first novel award and longlisted for the desmond elliott prize to arjan banga, returning to the black country after the unexpected death of his father, his familys corner shop represents everything he has tried to leave behind a lethargic pace of life, insular rituals and ways. I think i mention this in the book, but powells house is completely deleted from the history of wolverhampton, yet hes probably the biggest political figure to have come out of the town, ever. He is an awardwinning journalist who, until recently, was chief feature writer at the financial times. Sathnam sanghera s the boy with the topknot, his memoir of growing up sikh in wolverhampton, dealt not only with the retro ephemera of an eighties childhood but also with the serious subject of mental illness. Sathnam sanghera, author of the boy with the topknot, has just become the man with the topnotch novel under his belt. While his fiancee in london studies books about the sikh religion and punjabi culture. Sathnam sangheras debut novel, marriage material, is modelled on arnold bennetts the old wives tale 1908, which follows the lives of the. Sathnam sangheras desert island books the bookseller. Marriage material sathnam sanghera europa editions. A memoir of love, secrets and lies in wolverhampton. Marriage material by sathnam sanghera the independent. Arjan banga, the only child of a punjabi couple who run a benighted convenience store in a crummy town in the west midlands, thinks hes escaped his past. His followup, as the title suggests, moves to the next age of a mans life.
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Sathnam sanghera s debut novel is a luminous exploration of the life of an immigrant family in the uk, layering the contemporary story of a young man caught between british and punjabi culture, the history of his family, and the new life hes made for himself. This book is so well researched you hardly notice the work thats gone into it. This last is the historical context in which sathnam sanghera has set marriage material, a modern remix of arnold bennetts classic novel, based this time around a sikh family living in. Its all somewhat surreal as a woman on the 529 bus from wolverhampton to walsall sits cuddling a piglet called elmo but the talk at walsall central library is well attended. A playful novel that shoplifts from bennetts fiction to give us something completely new. Arjan, the presentday narrator who opens the book with a razorsharp disquisition on the trials of being an asian newsagent sanghera is such an engaging and. Sathnam sangheras debut novel is a luminous exploration of the life of an immigrant family in the uk, layering the contemporary story of a young man. This is sathnam sangheras second book, the first being the boy with the top knot which received critical acclaim in the uk and was more. Sathnam sanghera is a british journalist and author of marriage material. Sathnam sanghera was born to punjabi parents in wolverhampton in 1976. Buy marriage material book online at low prices in india. Marriage material by sathnam sanghera penguin books. He creates two terrific, strong women characters, both of whom you love, empathise with and admire as the novel progresses. His poignant memoir of growing up in 1980s wolverhampton won sathnam sanghera an army of admirers as well as a clutch of nominations and awards.
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