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 Gifted - Nikita Lalwani
Newest Review: ... stereotypical immigrant who permanently feels the need to prove to himself and to the people of his adopted country that he ... more  ... can do it, not only as well as they but even better, he's also a difficult man which has nothing to do with his background. For him the word 'empathy' belongs to a foreign language he doesn't understand.
He doesn't tell his future wife the truth in the marriage interview in India, she thinks they'll live in Great Britain only for three years whereas he has already decided to stay there for good. He forces her to learn English by giving her tasks and setting up strict rules, each evening he checks the results, for he...more |
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Gifted - Nikita Lalwani: Weary Wunderkind (981 words)
by - written on 08/04/09 (Very useful, 243 readings)
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'Gift' is not only an English word, it's also a German one. Etymologically, both words have the same root, their meaning, however, is different. The English word means 'present', the German one 'poison'. Reading Nikita Lalwani's debut novel we learn that the two meanings aren't as contradictory as they seem at first glance; being extraordinarily gifted can poison the gifted person's life. Rumi, short for Rumika, is a wunderkind*, a child prodigy, when it comes to maths. Her teacher of the first class of elementary school informs her parents and advises them to take her to Mensa to have her gift developed. Her father goes with her to a meeting but after one ... Read the complete review
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