Episode: Ep243: Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways

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Ep243: Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways

1 - Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways

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Published at: 12/3/2022

Author: BBC

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World Book Club travels to The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in England, as guests of The Off the Shelf Festival and talks to local prize-winning Sheffield writer Sunjeev Sahota about his compelling novel, The Year of the Runaways. Voyaging from India to England, from childhood to the present day, Sunjeev Sahota's heart-rending novel follows a group of young men each in flight from India and desperately searching for a new and fulfilling life in the northern British town of Sheffield. Tarlochan is silent about his past in Bihar, and Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the traumatized Randeep. Randeep has a visa wife living separately in a flat nearby, who constantly dreads a surprise call from the immigration authorities. An unforgettable story of dignity in the face of adversity and of the enduring power of the human spirit. (Picture: Sunjeev Sahota. Photo credit: Simon Revill.)

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