'The Halfways': Nilopar Uddin  in conversation with Kamand Kojouri

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'The Halfways': Nilopar Uddin in conversation with Kamand Kojouri

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The Halfways is an epic family drama that spans over four decades, moving between London, Wales, New York and Bangladesh. It is a story of mothers and daughters, of fathers and daughters, of sisterhood, exploring belonging, family and what makes forgiveness and redemption possible.<ul><li>‘I loved this sweeping family drama. Moving and unforgettable’ Sarah Morgan, Sunday Times bestselling author.</li></ul><ul><li>‘This novel is an absolute beauty, and already one of my favourites for 2022. Nilopar Uddin’s writing is entrancing, her characterisation, brilliant. In The Halfways, she has quite genuinely taken my breath away’ Jenny Ashcroft, bestselling author of Beneath a Burning Sky.</li></ul>About The Halfways: Nasrin and Sabrina are two sisters, who on the face of things live successful and enviable lives in London and New York. When their father, Shamsur suddenly dies, they rush to be with their mother at the family home and restaurant in Wales, and reluctantly step back into the stifling world of their childhood. When Shamsur’s will is read, a devastating secret is revealed that challenges all that people thought and loved about him. It also profoundly changes the lives and identities of the sisters, and creates an irreparable family rift…Nilopar Uddin was born in Shropshire to Bangladeshi parents who, like the fictional family in The Halfways, owned and ran an Indian restaurant in Wales. She has had a successful career as a financial services lawyer practising in both London and New York and is a trustee of iProbono, a charity whose mission is to enable people to access their rights in pursuit of a just society. Nilopar has an MA in Creative Writing from City University where she first started working on The Halfways. Her short stories have been published in various anthologies including Jamal’s Pen which was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize. She lives in London with her husband and two daughters.Please note: Event delivered in EnglishMae The Halfways yn ddrama deulu epig sy'n rhychwantu dros bedwar degawd, gan symud rhwng Llundain, Cymru, Efrog Newydd a Bangladesh. Dyma stori mamau a merched, tadau a merched, chwiorydd, gan archwilio perthyn, teulu a'r hyn sy'n gwneud maddeuant ac achubiaeth yn bosib. <ul><li>‘I loved this sweeping family drama. Moving and unforgettable’ Sarah Morgan, awdur sydd wedi cyrraedd rhestr The Sunday Times o lyfrau poblogaidd.</li><li>‘This novel is an absolute beauty, and already one of my favourites for 2022. Nilopar Uddin’s writing is entrancing, her characterisation, brilliant. In The Halfways, she has quite genuinely taken my breath away’ Jenny Ashcroft, awdur poblogaidd Beneath a Burning Sky.</li></ul>Ynghylch The Halfways: Mae Nasrin a Sabrina yn ddwy chwaer sydd ar yr wyneb yn byw bywydau yn Llundain ac Efrog Newydd. Ar ôl i’w tad, Shamsur, farw'n sydyn, maent yn rhuthro i fod yn gwmni i'w mam yng nghartref a bwyty'r teulu yng Nghymru, ac yn dychwelyd yn gyndyn i fyd llethol eu plentyndod. Pan ddarllenir ewyllys Shamsur, datgelir cyfrinach ddinistriol sy'n herio popeth roedd pobl yn ei gredu a'i garu amdano. Yn ogystal, mae'n newid bywydau'r chwiorydd yn ddwfn, ac yn creu rhwyg diwrthdro yn y teulu ... Ganwyd Nilopar Uddin yn Swydd Amwythig i rieni o Fangladesh a oedd, fel y teulu ffuglennol yn The Halfways, yn berchen ar fwyty Indiaidd yng Nghymru ac yn ei gynnal. Mae wedi cael gyrfa lwyddiannus fel cyfreithiwr ym maes gwasanaethau ariannol yn Llundain ac Efrog Newydd ac mae'n un o ymddiriedolwyr iProbono, elusen sydd â chenhadaeth i alluogi pobl i arfer eu hawliau wrth geisio sicrhau cymdeithas deg. Mae gan Nilopar MA mewn Ysgrifennu Creadigol o Brifysgol y Ddinas (City University) lle dechreuodd weithio ar The Halfways. Mae ei straeon byrion wedi cael eu cyhoeddi mewn antholegau amrywiol, gan gynnwys Jamal’s Pen, a gyrhaeddodd restr fer Gwobr Stori Fer The Asian Writer. Mae'n byw yn Llundain gyda'i gŵr a'i dwy ferch. Plîs nodwch fod: Cynhelir y digwyddiad yn Saesneg.

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