Sunjeev Sahota Libros

Nayan Olak is a man with a past. Haunted by the sudden death of his young son and his mother and driven onward by activism in his local union, he has a strong sense of what he believes to be right: solidarity above all things. When his certainties are challenged by his younger colleague Megha, who sees the world in different terms, and when his guard is broken by Helen, who has her own reasons for wanting to be close to him, Nayan's life is upended. Observing all this is a shadowy writer-figure called Sajjan who knew Nayan as a kid. He is determined to find the key to the tragedy of Nayan's loss—but at what cost to those who remain?

Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar; and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town: a clever, devout woman whose cupboards are full of her husband's clothes, in case the immigration men surprise her with a call. Sweeping between India and England, and between childhood and the present day, this generous, unforgettable novel is a story of dignity in the face of adversity and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.

When Imtiaz Raina leaves England for the first time, to bury his father on his family's land near Lahore, he exchanges his uncertain life in Sheffield for a road that leads to the mountains of Kashmir and Afghanistan. Once back in Yorkshire, he writes through the night to his young wife Becka and baby daughter Noor, and tries to explain, in a story full of affection and yearning, what has happened to him - and why he has a devastating new sense of home.

Nayan Olak sieht plötzlich die geheimnisvolle Helen Fletcher wieder in der Stadt. Seit dem tragischen Tod seines Sohnes hat er keine Liebe mehr riskiert und widmet sich stattdessen der örtlichen Gewerkschaft, um die Welt zu schaffen, die er sich für seinen Jungen gewünscht hätte. Als er für die Gewerkschaftsführung kandidiert, scheinen seine Ideale greifbar. Doch während des Wahlkampfs kommen seine Überzeugungen ins Wanken und er nähert sich Helen, was ihn mit lang gehüteten Geheimnissen konfrontiert. Wie ist ihre Vergangenheit mit seiner verbunden? Warum hat sie die Stadt vor zwanzig Jahren verlassen? Plötzlich steht mehr auf dem Spiel als nur Nayans Siegchancen. Als eine unerwartete Gegenkandidatin ins Rennen einsteigt, ist der Wettkampf um seine Zukunft bereits in vollem Gange. Diese Geschichte verbindet Tragik mit einer aktuellen Gesellschaftsstudie und erkundet die Rätsel des Herzens sowie die verheerenden Auswirkungen von Geheimnissen. Ein fesselndes Werk eines der talentiertesten britischen Autoren unserer Zeit, das Leser in seinen Bann zieht und mit einem bewegenden, durchdachten Ende aufwartet.