The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love

By Per J. Andersson, Anna Holmwood (translator),

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Pradyumna Kumar, aka PK, was born into a poor, untouchable family in a small village in eastern India. Throughout his childhood he kept a palm leaf bearing an astrologer's prophecy: 'You will marry a girl who is not from the village, not even from the country; she will be musical,…

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This was such a fun, creative read. It's technically a travel memoir but it had such a unique angle that it could well have been fiction. It was beautifully written - simple yet engaging. Just a delight.

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