Too Asian, Not Asian Enough : An Anthology of New British Asian Fiction

This anthology showcases some of the most exciting new talent in Britain, including Bidisha and Nikesh Shukla, and raises questions about British Asian identity, which is so often focused on arranged marriages and generational culture clashes. Some of the surprises in store include a foodie revenge for a broken marriage; a nosy grandmother takes spying on her neighbours too far; a woman teacher is groomed by an artistic man and his clever son; a brutally short haircut makes a woman reassess her life; a gang-related attack comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a woman revisits the grave of her sister-in-law in Kenya . . .But also: a Roman soldier's lover; a frightened traveller in Jerusalem; a collector of hair in a European country; a teacher in New York is drawn to a girl and her East Asian composer boyfriend; a gay man is swindled during a whirlwind affair; an argument at a coke-fuelled party; three men disappointed at an upmarket sex club; an artist unwittingly precipitates the downfall of David Beckham . . . This anthology showcases some of the most exciting new talent in Britain, including Bidisha, Nikesh Shukla, and Anjali Joseph, and raises questions about British Asian identity, which is so often focused on arranged marriages and generational culture clashes. Some of the surprises in store include a foodie revenge for a separated husband; a nosy grandmother who takes spying on her neighbors too far; a gay man who is swindled during a whirlwind affair; a ruthless woman who collects hair in a European country; a gang-related attack that comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a brutally short haircut that makes a woman reasses her life; an argument that develops at a coke-fueled party; a visitor to Jerusalem who is deceived; and an artist who unwittingly causes the downfall of David Beckham This anthology showcases some of the most exciting new talent in Britain, including Bidisha and Nikesh Shukla, and raises questions about British Asian identity, which is so often focused on arranged marriages and generational culture clashes. Some of the surprises in store include a foodie revenge for a separated husband; a nosy grandmother who takes spying on her neighbors too far; a gay man who is swindled during a whirlwind affair; a ruthless woman who collects hair in a European country; a gang-related attack that comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a brutally short haircut that makes a woman reasses her life; an argument that develops at a coke-fueled party; a visitor to Jerusalem who is deceived; and an artist who unwittingly causes the downfall of David Beckham.

A foodie revenge for a broken marriage; a nosy grandmother takes spying on her neighbours too far; a woman teacher is groomed by an artistic man and his clever son; a brutally short haircut makes a woman reassess her life; a gang-related attack comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a woman revisits the grave of her sister-in-law in Kenya . . .
But also: a Roman soldier's lover; a frightened traveller in Jerusalem; a collector of hair in a European country; a teacher in New York is drawn to a girl and her East Asian composer boyfriend; a gay man is swindled during a whirlwind affair; an argument at a coke-fuelled party; three men disappointed at an upmarket sex club; an artist unwittingly precipitates the downfall of David Beckham . . .

A foodie revenge for a broken marriage; a nosy grandmother takes spying on her neighbours too far; a woman teacher is groomed by an artistic man and his clever son; a gang-related attack comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a woman revisits the grave of her sister-in-law in Kenya . . . But also: a Roman soldier's lover; a frightened traveller in Jerusalmen; a collector of hair in a European country; a teacher in New York is drawn to a girl and her East Asian composer boyfriend; a gay man is swindled during a whirlwind affair; an argument at a coke-fuelled party; three men disappointed at an upmarket sex club; an artist unwittingly precipitates the downfall of David Beckham . . . An anthology with attitude: introducing the new generation of British Asian writing. A foodie revenge for a broken marriage; a nosy grandmother takes spying on her neighbours too far; a woman teacher is groomed by an artistic man and his clever son; a gang-related attack comes back to haunt the perpetrator; a woman revisits the grave of her sister-in-law in Kenya ... But also: a Roman soldier's lover; a frightened traveller in Jerusalem; a collector of hair in a European country; a teacher in New York is drawn to a girl and her East Asian composer boyfriend; a gay man is swindled during a wh A Foodie Revenge For A Broken Marriage; A Nosy Grandmother Takes Spying On Her Neighbours Too Far; A Woman Teacher Is Groomed By An Artistic Man And His Clever Son; A Brutally Short Haircut Makes A Woman Reassess Her Life; A Gang-related Attack Comes Back To Haunt The Perpetrator; A Woman Revisits The Grave Of Her Sister-in-law In Kenya . . . Edited By Kavita Bhanot. Anthology of 21 stories by authors of South Asian origin.