Ours are the Streets by Sunjeev Sahota
Following the journey of a British Muslim and his fall into Islamist radicalization.
Genuine, poignant. . A moral work of real intelligence and power. -- John Burnside * The Times *
What Sahota creates is not an exploration of the psyche of a suicide bomber, but an exploration of a man. * Yorkshire Post *
Startling. This book successfully humanizes one of the great demons of contemporary society, and for that, Sunjeev Sahota should be given a high five off the Queen or something. * Dazed and Confused, ‘Book of the Month’ *
Excruciatingly well-written. * Guardian *
Imtiaz’s journey to Pakistan, and his sense of belonging, gives the novel much of its eloquence. Great literary promise. * Independent *
The book’s great force lies in its voice: that of a young man straining to express instincts, fears and emotional conflicts, lending his writing a distinctive vibrancy. * Observer *
An acute debut. What is most chilling, and most successful, is that it all seems so familiar, so close and so easy. * Sunday Times *
What Sahota creates is not an exploration of the psyche of a suicide bomber, but an exploration of a man. * Yorkshire Post *
Startling. This book successfully humanizes one of the great demons of contemporary society, and for that, Sunjeev Sahota should be given a high five off the Queen or something. * Dazed and Confused, ‘Book of the Month’ *
Excruciatingly well-written. * Guardian *
Imtiaz’s journey to Pakistan, and his sense of belonging, gives the novel much of its eloquence. Great literary promise. * Independent *
The book’s great force lies in its voice: that of a young man straining to express instincts, fears and emotional conflicts, lending his writing a distinctive vibrancy. * Observer *
An acute debut. What is most chilling, and most successful, is that it all seems so familiar, so close and so easy. * Sunday Times *
Sunjeev Sahota was born in 1981 in Derbyshire and continues to live in the area. Ours are the Streets was his first novel and his second, The Year of the Runaways, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330515818 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330515810 |
| Title | Ours are the Streets |
| Author | Sunjeev Sahota |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2011-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for East Midlands Book Award 2012 (UK) |
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