Mr Gupta's Hardware Store by A K Karla

Mr Gupta's Hardware Store by A K Karla

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Summary

The hardware store is at the centre of the lives of four Indian immigrants: Vasuman ‘Mr’ Gupta, his beautiful wife, Meera, his employee, Chandu Kumar, and Chandu’s tiny wife, Babita. Set in 1970’s suburban London, the store is the apple of Mr Gupta’s eye, and he craves Englishness as much as Meera opposes it.

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Mr Gupta's Hardware Store by A K Karla

An unforgettable journey... Set in 70s suburban London, the hardware store is the apple of Mr Gupta’s eye, and he craves Englishness as much as his wife, Meera, opposes it. She longs for home, India, although the issue of home becomes more complex as time goes on. Just where is it, and once uprooted can one ever truly belong anywhere? Chandu and Babita have their own battles to fight, and together the four become bound to a destiny over which they have little control... By writing bird’s-eye observations of people’s lives and believing that the minutiae, the small things that occur often without note, are equally as important and life changing as huge catastrophic events, Karla sets out with passion and skill to bring them to light. Tugging at every known emotion, the reader is transported both around the world and through time, to share and be a part of something that will never be forgotten.
A. K. Karla is a pseudonym of B. A. Cibulskas. Mr Gupta’s Hardware Store is the first novel in her world fiction series which also includes The House of Rani Kapur, Harish Hope and the Earls of Wishanger Hall, and The Fortune Teller of Delhi. Born in England to refugee and economic migrants, she studied at the University of Bristol where she was awarded a doctorate in Narrative and Life Story Research. Her working life is split between writing and as a clinical psychotherapist in the mental health sector. She also writes European fiction under her own name and psychological fiction under the pseudonym Jack Duval.
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ISBN 13 9781838594732
ISBN 10 1838594736
Title Mr Gupta's Hardware Store
Author A K Karla
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Troubador Publishing
Year published 2020-08-28
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.