This is a larger-than-life story, written by the Swedish author Per J Andersson, about an outcast and untouchable Indian man who falls in love with a Swedish girl, and cycles across half the world to follow his heart.
The book is now published in 17 countries! Germany (where it was a huge bestseller and has been awarded with a Golden Book), Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, France, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Italy, Brazil, Netherlands and UK, from where it is distributed also in US, India, Australia, NZ, Malaysia, Singapore etc from 2017 and onwards.
Discussion is going on with both Hollywood and Bollywood about a film adaption.
This real-life saga tells story of Pradyumna Kumar, PK, who was born poor and casteless in a small village in Orissa in eastern India. All his life he has kept a palm leaf bearing an astrologer’s prophecy: “You will marry a girl who is not from the village, not from the district, not even from our country; she will be musical, own a jungle and be born under the sign of the ox."
The prophecy follows him throughout his life, but he suffers several difficult setbacks and is often beset by doubt.
At art school in New Delhi, he learns to make portraits. Every evening, he stands in a park drawing people to earn his daily bread. His life is full of contrasts - one minute he is starving and sleeping on the streets, while the next he is invited to the home of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who wants him to paint her portrait.
One evening, a young blonde woman appears in the light beside his easel. Lotta von Schedvin has felt drawn to India ever since she was a child and has travelled there by VW bus from the little town of Borås, Sweden. She was born under the sign of the ox, would like to be a music teacher and her family owns some woodland in southern Sweden.
And so this breath-taking love story begins. The chances that these two young people will see each other again after Lotta has gone back home to Borås might seem slight - if it were not for a second-hand ladies’ Raleigh bicycle. The bike takes PK overland from Asia to Europe. Despite the hardship and endless setbacks, he stubbornly makes his way westwards.
Today PK and Lotta are married and have two children. They live together in a yellow wooden house in the woods in Sjuhäradsbygden outside Borås. PK has worked as an art teacher and Lotta still teaches music.
NEW DELHI - BORÅS teaches us that everything is possible; reality surpasses fiction and love conquers all. All that is needed is confidence, tenacity and a second-hand bike.
"This story makes me believe in the goodness of humans and the power of love."
LitteraturMagazinet
"PK's life story has what it takes to make a brilliant page turner."
Svenska Dagbladet
Music: Desert City av Kevin MacLeod licensieras by the license of Creative Commons Attribution.
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