NIKITA LALWANI

Rumi, hija de inmigrantes indios instalados en Cardiff, tiene un don para las matemáticas. Su vida siempre ha estado rodeada de números y ya desde pequeña sus profesores destacaban su talento. Reacios a llevarla a una escuela para superdotados, sus padres deciden instaurar un estricto regimen de estudio con un unico objetivo: que Rumi ingrese en la Universidad de Oxford con tan solo quince años.

Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the towns maths prodigy: untangling numbers and Rubiks Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her fathers determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence.

A moving, authentic, humane novel which raises fundamental questions about what it means to be kind in an unkind world Guardian____________________________________________The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. At the centre is Tuli, the restaurants charismatic proprietor and resident Robin Hood, who promises to help anyone in need. Welsh nineteen-year-old Nia, haunted by her troubled past, is running from her family. Shan, having fled the Sri Lankan civil war, is desperate to find his.But when Tulis guidance leads them all into dangerous territory, and the extent of his mysterious operation unravels, each is faced with an impossible moral choice.In a world where the law is against you, how far would you be willing to lie for a chance to live? ____________________________________________Intelligent and heart-piercing - an exceptional novel about the Britain we live in, even if we choose not to see it Kamila Shamsie, author of Home FireAsks tough questions about the nature of goodne

Los números siempre han sido fascinados por Rumi: sus matemáticas giftedness es reconocido y promovido. Su familia india exige su rendimiento y disciplina, mientras que Rumi es para el amor y la amistad anhela. Historia de una chica, totalmente deshecho por las presiones de su familia las expectativas. Longlisted para el Premio Man Booker 2007!

A moving, authentic, humane novel which raises fundamental questions about what it means to be kind in an unkind worldGuardian____________________________________________The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. At the centre is Tuli, the restaurants charismatic proprietor and resident Robin Hood, who promises to help anyone in need. Welsh nineteen-year-old Nia, haunted by her troubled past, is running from her family. Shan, having fled the Sri Lankan civil war, is desperate to find his.But when Tulis guidance leads them all into dangerous territory, and the extent of his mysterious operation unravels, each is faced with an impossible moral choice.In a world where the law is against you, how far would you be willing to lie for a chance to live? ____________________________________________Intelligent and heart-piercing - an exceptional novel about the Britain we live in, even if we choose not to see it Kamila Shamsie, author of Home FireAsks tough questions about the nature of goodness in an unfair societySunday Telegraph BOOK OF THE WEEKLively, poetically written and above all compassionateSunday TimesA female lead who isnt defined by a romantic story arc? Yes please. Lalwanis serious, ravishing way of writing about the secret life of Britain is just what we needTimes

The Village by Nikita Lalwani is a disturbing and utterly gripping modern morality tale set in contemporary India.On a winter morning Ray Bhullar arrives at the gates of an Indian village. She is here to make a film. But this will be no ordinary tale about India - for this is no ordinary village. It is an open prison, inhabited by murderers. An apparent innocent among the guilty, Ray tries hard to be accepted. But the longer she and the rest of the crew stay, the more the need for drama increases. Soon the fragile peace of the village will be shattered and, despite Rays seemingly good intentions, the motives of the visitors and the lives of the inhabitants will be terrifyingly, brutally exposed.Praise for The Village:A thoughtful novel that envelops us in the oppression and beauty of the rural prison . . . each voice is distinct, believable and stubborn in its refusal to be easily known. Touchingly evocativeFinancial TimesThoughtful, beautifully written. A candid exploration of journalistic ethicsObserver A masterclass. The inmates stories evoke larger questions about justice and privacy, power and powerlessnessGuardianNikita Lalwani was born in Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff. Her first novel Gifted was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She lives in London.

Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the towns maths prodigy: untangling numbers and Rubiks Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her fathers determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. India infuses her with a romantic sense of belonging and, as she grows older, and desire becomes a dirty word in the Vasi household, the idea of love is opened up to painful examination.In a voice that is by turns very funny and fiercely tender, Nikita Lalwani brings us a captivating story of high aspirations and deep longing, and of the sometime loneliness of childhood.