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''Trying to Grow'' is a 1991 novel by Firdaus Kanga, published by Bloomsbury. The novel is semi-autobiographical and set in urban India, about a young boy growing up with brittle bones. The protagonist, who would never grow taller than four feet, finds his way into the world of sexuality and adulthood. It is set in, and humorously describes, the Parsi community in Bombay. It depicts a defiant Indian family with fond memories of the British Raj and everything English. ''Trying to Grow'' is told through the eyes of the young boy—called Brit because of his brittle bones and also because it reminds his mother of Britain. Brit grows up to prefer the Kama Sutra to Shakespeare. The novel does not allow gender or disability to come in the way a growing boy’s desire for sex and love. ==Film adaptations and references== ''Trying to Grow'' was made into an EMMA award winning BBC-BFI film Sixth Happiness with author Firdaus Kanga starring in the main lead. The novel was selected to be part of The Vintage Book of Indian Writing: 1947-97 - a major anthology of the work of the most important and influential Indian writers of the last 50 years. This volume was published by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence. The novel has just been re-published in India by Penguin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trying to Grow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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