Vikas Swarup Livres

Quand le jeune Ram Mohammad Thomas devient le grand vainqueur de " Qui veut gagner un milliard de roupies ? ", la production soupçonne immédiatement une tricherie. Comment un serveur de dix-huit ans, pauvre et inculte, serait-il assez malin pour répondre à treize questions pernicieuses ? Accusé d'escroquerie, sommé de s'expliquer, Thomas replonge alors dans l'histoire de sa vie... Car ces réponses, il ne les a pas apprises dans les livres, mais au hasard de ses aventures mouvementées ! Du prêtre louche qui laisse trop volontiers venir à lui les petits enfants à la capricieuse diva de Bollywood, des jeunes mendiants des bidonvilles de Bombay aux touristes fortunés du Taj Mahal, au fil de ses rencontres, le jeune homme va apprendre que la fortune sourit aux audacieux...

Après le fabuleux succès de Slumdog millionaire, retrouvez tout le génie, et l'humour de Vikas Swarup dans un roman encore plus original, encore plus foisonnant, encore plus palpitant. Une aventure pleine de suspense et d'émotion au coeur de l'Inde d'aujourd'hui. Playboy millionnaire, l'ignoble Vivek " Vicky " Rai est tué lors de sa propre garden-party. Six convives sont suspectés : un bureaucrate possédé par l'esprit de Gandhi ; l'actrice la plus glamour de Bollywood, fan de Nietzsche ; un tout petit aborigène très doué pour l'effraction ; un gamin des rues voleur de portables au physique de jeune premier ; un Monsieur catastrophe texan sous protection judiciaire ; et le must du politicien corrompu, le propre père de la victime. Des palaces de Delhi aux bidonvilles de Mehrauli, des repaires terroristes du Cachemire aux cabanes des îles Andaman, des berges du Gange aux tapis rouges des premières de Bombay, entre soif de justice, vengeances, manigances politiques, quête d'un totem perdu ou d'une fiancée par correspondance, tous les chemins semblent mener au jardin du crime. Mais qui a tué Vicky ?

Vendeuse d’électroménager pour entretenir sa famille, harcelée chaque jour par sa sœur, starlette en devenir, son propriétaire pressé et son patron incompétent, Sapna Sinha voit s’éloigner toujours un peu plus ses rêves d’avenir. Mais voilà qu’un jour, le plus grand patron d’Inde lui offre sa fortune et son entreprise, à condition qu’elle passe sept mystérieuses épreuves. S’agit-il d’un jeu cruel ou se pourrait-il que ses prières soient enfin exaucées ? Embarquée malgré elle dans d’incroyables aventures auprès de stars désespérées, de jeunes fiancées suicidaires et d’enfants exploités, Sapna devra prouver sa vaillance, son empathie et son honnêteté afin de construire un avenir meilleur pour elle et sa famille.

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a poor, eighteen-year-old waiter in Mumbai called Ram Mohammad Thomas. Ram goes on a television quiz show, and he answers all the questions correctly. But the people who work on the programme think that he has cheated, so Ram must explain how he knew the answers.

Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, "Who Will Win a Billion?" It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to each question. Ram takes us on an amazing review of his own history -- from the day he was found as a baby in the clothes donation box of a Delhi church to his employment by a faded Bollywood star to his adventure with a security-crazed Australian army colonel to his career as an overly creative tour guide at the Taj Mahal. Swarup's "Q & A" is a beguiling blend of high comedy, drama, and romance that reveals how we know what we know -- not just about trivia, but about life itself. Cutting across humanity in all its squalor and glory, Vikas Swarup presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the struggle between good and evil -- and what happens when one boy has no other choice in life but to survive. The movie "Slumdog Millionaire" was based on this novel.

In life you never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. A business empire worth ten billion dollars. This is the tantalizing offer made by Vinay Mohan Acharya, one of India's richest men, to Sapna Sinha, a simple salesgirl in an electronics store in downtown Delhi. She can be the next CEO of his incredibly huge and profitable company. There is only one catch—she needs to pass seven tests from the "textbook of life." Thus begins the most challenging journey Sapna has ever undertaken, one that will take her from her swanky showroom to the heat and dust of India's backstreets and villages. Along the way she encounters a host of memorable personalities, from a vain Bollywood superstar to a kleptomaniac Gandhian. But are the seven tests real or is Acharya playing a game driven by a perverse fantasy? Vikas Swarup, acclaimed author of Slumdog Millionaire and Six Suspects, has written a compelling, suspenseful tale about the lure of money and the power of dreams. The Accidental Apprentice is international crime fiction at its most entertaining.

Zjednodušená anglická četba, vhodná při přípravě na zkoušku FCE jako doplňkový materiál ( úroveň B1 - Intermediate, slovní zásoba 1 600 slov) + poslechové CD Kniha obsahuje 8 stran doplňkových cvičení. Popis: Macmillan Readers v úrovni Intermediate můžete číst asi po třech až čtyřech letech studia angličtiny. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 1600 slov. Knihy mají až 128 stran. Kniha je balena s audio CD a je obsahuje 8 stran cvičení. Angličtina použitá v popisu knihy nevyjadřuje pokročilost. Description: You've seen the movie, now read the book! Ram Mohammad Thomas answers 14 questions correclty in a TV quiz and wins a billion rupees, but how does he know the answers? Slumdog Millionaire takes us through the major events of Ram's life, from his battle for survival on the streets of Mumbai and Delhi to his final act of love and revenge - and the amazing good fortune it brings!

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