{"product_id":"9781035405893","title":"Happy: A whimsical and innovative debut novel for fans of Slumdog Millionaire – Basra Celina Baljeet (2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young cinephile leaves his rural village in India with big dreams, only to find himself trapped in menial jobs and forced to work off a debt he may never repay. In a small farming village in Punjab, a boy crouches over his brother’s phone in a rapeseed field, watching clips of Godard’s Bande à part on YouTube. His name is Happy Singh Soni, and when he is not sleeping among the cabbages and eating sugary rotis, Happy dreams of becoming an actor who plays melancholy roles, the sad, pretty boys rarely seen in Indian cinema. He plans a clandestine journey to Europe, where he hopes to land a breakthrough role. After a nightmarish passage to Italy, Happy still finds relief in food and fantasy, even as a syndicate forces him into increasingly harsh work on a radish farm to repay a supposed debt. As disillusionment grows among the workers, Happy finds the love and tragedy his favourite films always promised. Funny and heartbreaking, sunny and tragic, this daringly cinematic debut explores displacement, art and the vivid inner lives of diasporic people, while arguing that human survival requires not only food, water and shelter, but also pleasure, romance and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54025058386267,"sku":"9781035405893","price":37.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1787\/2513\/files\/0583704.jpg?v=1789062508","url":"https:\/\/czechmovie.com\/es\/products\/9781035405893","provider":"czechmovie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}