Anita Desai Forfatter
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Fire On The Mountain (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Nanda Kaul is old. It is an intrusion Nanda Kaul deeply resents, but this child has a capacity to change things. Through the long hot summer months hidden dependencies and old... Læs mere
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The Village by the Sea (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything.
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The Artist of Disappearance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry.
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Diamond Dust & Other Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as Desai trains her luminous spotlight on private universes from India to Canada and New England, from... Læs mere
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Journey to Ithaca (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)He believes he finds it at the feet of 'the Mother', but down-to-earth Sophie, who accompanies him, does not find her inspiring so much as mysterious, and decides to trace the Mother's... Læs mere
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In Custody (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to... Læs mere
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Baumgartner's Bombay (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Hugo Baumgartner is a man who doesn’t belong anywhere. He's a Berlin Jew who travelled to India to escape the Nazis and, after years spent the mercy of his past and his tumultuous adopted land, he has now retired to a seedy cat-filled apartment behind Bombay's Taj Hotel.
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The Complete Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author.
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Clear Light of Day: A BBC Between the Covers Big Jubilee Read Pick (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)To the family living in the shabby, dusty house in Delhi, Tara's visit brings a sharp reminder of life outside tradition. Looking at both the cruelty and the beauty of family life and... Læs mere
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Games At Twilight (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, these stories reflect the kaleidoscope of urban life - evoking the colour, sounds and white-hot heat of the city.
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The Zigzag Way (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Eric is an uncertain, awkward young man, a would-be writer, and a traveller in spite of himself. On the Día de los Muertos, the feast day when the locals celebrate and remember their... Læs mere
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