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The amazing story of the man who cycled from India to Europe for love / Per J Andersson ; translated by Anna Holmwood.

The amazing story of the man who cycled from India to Europe for love / Per J Andersson ; translated by Anna Holmwood.
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ISBN 9781786072085 (paperback)
1786072084 (paperback)
Classification 305.5 AND
Personal Name Andersson, Per J.
Uniform Title New Delhi-Borås.
Title The amazing story of the man who cycled from India to Europe for love / Per J Andersson ; translated by Anna Holmwood.
Edition Mass market paperback edition.
Production & Copyright Details London Oneworld Publications, 2017.
©2017.
Physical Description 281 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.
Content type text
Note "Originally published in Swedish as New Delhi-Borås by Forum, 2014"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, a street artist born untouchable in India's caste system, meets Lotta von Schedvin, a young Swedish woman from a noble family, when she visits New Delhi to have her portrait painted by him. The two fall in love, and PK travels by bicycle for four months and three weeks to reunite with her.
"The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait--it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably. PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was forced to sit outside the classroom during school, would watch classmates wash themselves if they came into contact with him, and had stones thrown at him when he approached the village temple. According to the priests, PK dirtied everything that was pure and holy. But had PK not been an untouchable, his life would have turned out very differently. This is the remarkable true story of how love and courage led PK to overcome extreme poverty, caste prejudice and adversity--as well as a 7,000-mile, adventure-filled journey across continents and cultures--to be with the woman he loved."--Publisher description.
Subject-Personal Name Kumar, Pradyumna
Schedvin, Charlotte von
Subject - Topical Term Dalits -- Biography
Artists -- Biography
East Indians -- Biography
Man-woman relationships
Bicycle touring
International travel
Subject - Genre Biographies
Added Entry - Personal Name Holmwood, Anna translator.
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