Author:Nikita Lalwani
In a voice that is by turns very funny and fiercely tender, Gifted by Nikita Lalwani brings us a captivating story of high aspirations and deep longing, and of the sometime loneliness of childhood.
Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. India infuses her with a romantic sense of belonging and, as she grows older, and desire becomes a dirty word in the Vasi household, the idea of love is opened up to painful examination.
'A sparkling funny and poignant study of a young maths prodigy struggling with her gift and a difficult family' Gerard Woodward, Books Of The Year, Observer
'Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written' Independent
'Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny' Observer
Nikita Lalwani was born in Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff. Her first novel Gifted was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She lives in London.
A sparkling funny and poignant study of a young maths prodigy struggling with her gift and a difficult family
—— Gerard Woodward, , Books of the Year , ObserverSuperb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written
—— IndependentPinpoints with genuine insight the bewilderment and anguish of a young woman marked out from her peers
—— Sunday TimesLalwani's evocation of teenage dislocation is pitch-perfect and she inhabits her heroine's interior world with tender authority
—— GuardianThe novel's triumph is in elucidating the hurt of both child and parents. Lalwani compellingly depicts the pain and pleasure of breaking the rules
—— New StatesmanBeautiful, brilliant . . . Unveils the grand emotions and tiny details of other people's lives with insight, compassion, humour and heartbreaking honesty
—— Stephen MerchantAccomplished and confident. Much to admire from the assured descriptions to the well judged blend of comedy and drama
—— The TimesA poignant, vivid debut. Beautifully describes the dramas of growing up
—— , Book of the Month , Marie ClaireA giddy portrayal of youthful exuberance unleashed that rings startlingly true
—— MetroCompelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny
—— ObserverThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben EltonYou don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour
—— Stephen FryWodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in
—— Evelyn WaughLovely
—— Daily TelegraphMoving and intelligent
—— IndependentMagnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners
—— CosmopolitanJewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction
—— GlamourFans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into
—— Sunday Telegraph
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