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Boomtown Girl
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ISBN10: 162557049X
ISBN13: 9781625570499
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: Apr 14 2023
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781625570499
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: Apr 14 2023
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Set entirely in the Bangalore region of South India, Boomtown Girl explores the ambitions, delusions, and struggles of people navigating a rapidly developing city. A rebellious teenager and her workaholic father confront their mutual distrust while dining at a newly opened Pizza Hut; a tailor nostalgic for his past glory in the employ of an Englishman grows obsessed with an American customer; a techie, his fiancé e having broken off their engagement, takes a young, eager intern into his confidence. These stories trace Bangalore's warp-speed transformation from a leafy backwater into India's Silicon Valley-- a place where Digital Age values clash with tradition, where British colonialism casts its strong shadow, and where visions are inspired and distorted by the forces of globalization.
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