EAN: 9781786072085

THE AMAZING STORY OF THE MAN WHO CYCLED FROM IN...

¿ WINNER OF¿THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018
EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 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.

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