Inheritance of loss

By:

Kiran Desai

Contributor(s):

DESAI (Kiran)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2006Description: 324p. PB 22x15cmISBN:

0143101226

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

820.33 23 DESI

Summary: In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.

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Donated Books	St Aloysius Library	English	820.33 DESI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	D05887
Book	St Aloysius Library	English	820.33 DESI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	061695

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In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai's brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.

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