Chapter 17

In this chapter Manny arrives at the village, where his uncle and hin cousins live. When he drive by taxi through this village he feels very sad, and he describes how the village looks like. He has imagined the village in an other way. In this chapter he also gets know his uncle, Piara, and his cousins Inderjit and Jasbir.

Persons:
Manny,
Uncle Piara,
Jasbir,
Inderjit,
Harry,
Jas.

Vocabs:
impatient - ungeduldig

to buzz- surren

*fade- abklingen, hier: untergehen

*dusk- Abenddämmerung (from..... 'til dawn)

*courtyard- Hof, Innenhof

puny-kümmerlich, mickrig

onion - Zwiebel

cardamom - der Kardamom

balti - auf eine bestimmte pakistanische Küche spezialisiertes Restaurant

butchering- Fleischer, Fleischerei...

by F.R.