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No Way Home: A New Novel on 1984
NEWS REPORT
NO WAY HOME, by Amarjit Singh Sidhu. Penguin, India, 2010. Paperback, 264 pages. ISBN - 9780143064640. Rs. 299.00.
‘No matter how fond one might be of an alien land, no matter how much it offered, it could never be home.'
Punjab, early 1980s. As the separatists and the government threaten the peace of the land, another group - the more affluent feudals on the wane - looks West to escape.
Away from all this Dave, a young Sikh, is searching for a place he can call home. Unable to complete his Ph.D. in the U.S., he returns to India without a green card, much to the disappointment of his parents. He moves from Chandigarh to Delhi in search of a job but is trapped in the horrific massacre of Sikhs in 1984. Scarred, he moves to Canada, shuns his life of affluence and is faced with choices that change the course of his life for ever.
No Way Home is not only a sensitive portrait of the artist in search of roots, but also a chronicle of a time of great upheaval.
THE AUTHOR
Amarjit Singh Sidhu was born in a Punjab village and grew up in Chandigarh, Punjab. He studied literature and pursued other diverse interests including film and video. He lives in Toronto and Chandigarh.
August 26, 2010
Conversation about this article
1: Plate (U.S.A.), August 26, 2010, 9:45 PM.
Can't wait to read this book. Checked on Amazon.com but could not find this book. Editor, please advise where to buy it or the name of the publisher. [Editor: If you google the name of the book and the author, a number of booksellers who stock the book, will be displayed.]
2: Roop (Reigate, United Kingdom ), June 12, 2011, 7:30 AM.
I wish it were in Punjabi.
3: Jeet Kaur (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), November 04, 2012, 2:36 PM.
Just finished reading this book. Very interesting. This book is now available on amazon.ca. It will be published in Canada also.