Behind the beautiful forevers : a play / by David Hare.
| Author/creator | Hare, David, 1947- |
| Other author | Boo, Katherine. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First American edition. |
| Publication | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. |
| Copyright Date | ©2014 |
| Description | 119 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | It's not just that rich people don't know what they've got. They don't even know what they throw away. India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, a makeshift slum. It's home to foul mouthed Zehrunisa and her garbage sorting son Abdul, entrepreneurs both. Sunil, twelve, picks plastic. Manju, schoolteacher, hopes to be the settlement's first woman to gain a degree. Asha, go-to woman, exploits every scam to become a first-class person. And Fatima, One Leg, is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. Katherine Boo spent three years under the flight-path, recording the lives of Annawadi's diverse inhabitants. Now from Boo's book, which won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2012, David Hare has fashioned an epic play for the stage which details the ingenious and sometimes violent ways in which the poor and disadvantaged negotiate with corruption to seek a handhold on capitalism's lowest rungs. |
| General note | "Based on the book by Katherine Boo." |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| LCCN | 2015022199 |
| ISBN | 9780865478350 paperback |
| ISBN | 086547835X paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR6058 .A678 B44 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |