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Londonstani is Gautam Malkani's debut novel published in the United Kingdom in 2006. The book's name is derived from the setting of the novel, London, and the story's subject matter, the lives of second and third generation South Asian immigrants. The book was highly promoted, but did not do well commercially.

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  • لندنستاني (بالإنجليزية: Londonstani)‏ هي أول روايات الروائي الإنجليزي غوتام مالكاني، ونشرت في عام 2006 في المملكة المتحدة. عنوان الرواية مشتق من اسم مدنية لندن، وموضوع الرواية هو حياة الجيل الثاني والثالث من المهاجرين الجنوب آسيويين. (ar)
  • Londonstani is Gautam Malkani's debut novel published in the United Kingdom in 2006. The book's name is derived from the setting of the novel, London, and the story's subject matter, the lives of second and third generation South Asian immigrants. The book was highly promoted, but did not do well commercially. The novel was a "much-anticipated debut" well before its release, as a result of the book's reception at the 2005 Frankfurt Book Fair and the six-figure advance reportedly paid for the rights to the book by publishing company Fourth Estate. Publication was accompanied by an expensive promotion campaign including a tour of the United States. According to Time magazine, the advance for the book as the first part of a two-book deal was $675,000. Despite the attention paid to the book, sales were relatively weak and by April 2008 only 15,000 copies had been sold. The Guardian reported that people in the publishing industry started talking of the "Londonstani effect"—when a much-hyped novel can't sell as well as was expected. (en)
  • Londonstani è il primo romanzo dello scrittore e giornalista britannico Gautam Malkani, pubblicato a Londra nel 2006, e uscito nella traduzione italiana l'anno successivo per i tipi dell'editore Guanda. Le vicende si svolgono a Houslow, nella Londra più occidentale, quasi a ridosso dell'aeroporto di Heathrow, nel quartiere con la maggiore densità asiatica della città. In questa area vicina all'aeroporto più grande d'Europa, le famiglie della borghesia asiatica, originarie soprattutto dell'India, si sono stabilite creandosi uno status sociale solido grazie alle non indifferenti fortune guadagnate negli anni. I figli, pur avendo accesso alla migliore istruzione in Università prestigiose come Oxford e Cambridge, quando si trovano all'interno del quartiere, si uniscono in bande, si inventano una lingua trasformando l'inglese, si comportano da rude boys, passano le nottate osservando i giganteschi boeing che atterrano e decollano accanto alle loro case, pratica chiamata planespotting. Il libro nasce da uno studio antropologico condotto da Malkani per la sua tesi di laurea, che egli decise in seguito di trasformare in romanzo per non limitarne la diffusione ad un pubblico accademico e per raggiungere le persone oggetto della sua ricerca, abitualmente poco interessate alla lettura. Il lavoro di riscrittura della sua ricerca nella nuova formula narrativa è durato quattro anni. (it)
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  • لندنستاني (بالإنجليزية: Londonstani)‏ هي أول روايات الروائي الإنجليزي غوتام مالكاني، ونشرت في عام 2006 في المملكة المتحدة. عنوان الرواية مشتق من اسم مدنية لندن، وموضوع الرواية هو حياة الجيل الثاني والثالث من المهاجرين الجنوب آسيويين. (ar)
  • Londonstani is Gautam Malkani's debut novel published in the United Kingdom in 2006. The book's name is derived from the setting of the novel, London, and the story's subject matter, the lives of second and third generation South Asian immigrants. The book was highly promoted, but did not do well commercially. (en)
  • Londonstani è il primo romanzo dello scrittore e giornalista britannico Gautam Malkani, pubblicato a Londra nel 2006, e uscito nella traduzione italiana l'anno successivo per i tipi dell'editore Guanda. I figli, pur avendo accesso alla migliore istruzione in Università prestigiose come Oxford e Cambridge, quando si trovano all'interno del quartiere, si uniscono in bande, si inventano una lingua trasformando l'inglese, si comportano da rude boys, passano le nottate osservando i giganteschi boeing che atterrano e decollano accanto alle loro case, pratica chiamata planespotting. (it)
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