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Passage west : a novel / Rishi Reddi.
Van Pelt Library PS3618.E4265 P37 2020
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reddi, Rishi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sharecroppers--Fiction.
- Sharecroppers.
- East Indians--California--Fiction.
- East Indians.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Immigrants.
- California.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A sweeping, vibrant first novel following a family of Indian sharecroppers at the onset of World War I, revealing an unknown part of California history"-- Provided by publisher.
- 1914. Ram Singh arrives in the Imperial Valley on the Mexican border, reluctantly accepting his friend Karak's offer of work and partnership in a small cantaloupe farm. Fleeing violence in Oregon, Ram desperately longs to return to his wife and newborn son in Punjab, but is duty bound to make his fortune first. Along with Ram and Karak are Jivan and his wife, Kishen; and Amarjeet, a U.S. soldier, though the Valley is full of settlers hailing from other cities and different continents. . They struggle to farm in the unforgiving desert: just one bad harvest or stolen crop could destabilize a family. And as anti- immigrant sentiment rises among white residents, tensions finally boil over. -- adapted from jacket
- Other Format:
- Online version: Reddi, Rishi, 1966- Passage west
- ISBN:
- 9780060898793
- 0060898798
- 9780060898809
- 0060898801
- OCLC:
- 1110435962
- Publisher Number:
- 99984210968
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