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| Author | Anosh Irani |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Doubleday Canada |
Publication date | March 14, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0-385-66228-9 |
The Song of Kahunsha is a novel by the Indian-Canadian novelist and playwright Anosh Irani,[1] published in 2006 by Doubleday Canada[2] and in 2007 in the US by Milkweed Editions.
Set against the backdrop of the racial violence that engulfed the Indian city of Bombay[1] in 1992 and 1993, the novel depicts the life of Chamdi, a ten-year-old orphan forced to survive on the streets after running away from his orphanage in a quest to find his father.
The book was selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Canada Reads, in which it was championed by author Donna Morrissey.
- ^ a b Madhurima Chakraborty; Umme Al-wazedi (14 October 2016). Postcolonial Urban Outcasts: City Margins in South Asian Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 240. ISBN 978-1-317-19588-7.
- ^ Canadian Book Review Annual. Peter Martin Associates. 2007. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0-9732301-7-8.