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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