Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
11 hrs. 53 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Katherine Boo
Author
Katherine Boo
Narrator
Irina Vorobyova
Narrator
Irina Vorobyova
Description
The series “Around the Planet in 80 Books” is an exhilarating journey through countries that keep their secrets from tourists. How do people in India live beyond the luxurious hotels? What happens behind the barbed wire of North Korea’s concentration camps? What challenges await girls in Pakistan who want an education instead of being married off at 14… People you will never meet. Fates you cannot forget. Books that change your worldview…
The series is opened by the best book of 2012, as chosen by more than 20 leading publications: “In the Shadow of Eternal Beauty” by Katherine Boo. Abdul, a garbage scavenger supporting a family of 11; the beautiful Manju, far too good for local suitors; bowlegged Fatima, determined to take revenge on their hated neighbors in the most horrifying way—these and other characters live in the slums, in India’s poorest district, lying beneath the ultramodern airport of Mumbai. They have no real home, no steady work, and no confidence in tomorrow. But they seize every chance to escape extreme poverty—and their attempts lead to astonishing consequences…
The series is opened by the best book of 2012, as chosen by more than 20 leading publications: “In the Shadow of Eternal Beauty” by Katherine Boo. Abdul, a garbage scavenger supporting a family of 11; the beautiful Manju, far too good for local suitors; bowlegged Fatima, determined to take revenge on their hated neighbors in the most horrifying way—these and other characters live in the slums, in India’s poorest district, lying beneath the ultramodern airport of Mumbai. They have no real home, no steady work, and no confidence in tomorrow. But they seize every chance to escape extreme poverty—and their attempts lead to astonishing consequences…
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00_00_Bu_K_V_teni_vechnoy_krasoty_VorobYova_I
44:45
00_01_Prolog Sredi roz
45:17
01_01_Annavadi
43:42
01_02_Aysha
54:33
01_03_Sunil
55:23
01_04_Mandzhu
36:59
02_01_Dom-prizrak
35:30
02_02_Dyra, kotoruyu ona zvala oknom
47:47
02_03_Krah
41:55
02_04_Nastavnik
46:02
03_01_Chudesa perevoploscheniya
37:15
03_02_Popugai
20:02
03_03_Dobryy son
35:26
04_01_Devyat nochey tantsa
26:24
04_02_Blestyaschie pobryakushki
31:56
04_03_Sud
19:40
04_04_Led
30:59
04_05_Chernoe i beloe
30:31
04_06_Shkola, bolnitsa, pole dlya kriketa
23:53
05_Ot avtora
04:12
06_Blagodarnosti
00:57
07_Ob avtore
