Gifted (novel)
 First edition | |
| Author | Nikita Lalwani |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print, Audio & eBook |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 0-670-91707-9 |
Gifted is the debut novel by author Nikita Lalwani longlisted for the Man Booker Prize[1] and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.[2] It was first published in 2007 by Viking.[3]
Plot introduction[]
The novel is set in the 1980s Cardiff where maths prodigy Rumi Vasi grows up with her Hindu parents. Subjected to her father's strict tutoring he is determined that she be accepted by Oxford University at the age of only fifteen. But on starting University she finds it hard to adapt to her new-found freedom.
References[]
- ^ "Man Booker Longlist Announced". Booker Prize. 7 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ "Category Shortlists". Costa Book Awards. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
- ^ "Gifted by Nikita Lalwani". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
External links[]
- first 3 chapters
- review from The Guardian
- review from The Independent
- review from The New York Times
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Categories:
- 2007 British novels
- Welsh novels
- Novels set in Cardiff
- Novels set in the 1980s
- Anglo-Welsh novels
- 2007 debut novels
- 2000s historical novel stubs