Child of the divide / Sudha Bhuchar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhuchar, Sudha, author.

Series:

Methuen drama.

Methuen drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missing children--Pakistan--Drama.

Missing children.

Missing children--India--Drama.

India.

Pakistan.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

57 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017.

Summary:

This edition has been published to mark the 70th anniversary of the partition of India and a new high-profile production originating once again at the Polka Theatre."--Publisher's website.

"Summer 1947. Sixteen million people are on the move between India and the newly-formed Pakistan. Amid the violent political upheaval, young Pali's fingers slip from his father's hand, and his destiny changes forever. Lost, dispossessed and alone, Pali is saved by a Muslim family. The boy is given a new home and new family, a new name, a new faith and a new life. But seven years later, his real father returns to claim him and Pali's life is turned upside down again. He is forced to decide who he is: the Hindu boy he was born to be, the Muslim boy he has become, or simply a child of the divide. ... Sudha Bhuchar's remarkable story of family, identity and belonging set against a fractured landscape is a fictionalised account of real experiences, of families torn apart and of stolen pasts, where friendship and love are found in unexpected places."--Publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781350059405

1350059404

OCLC:

1004759888

Publisher Number:

99979121742