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1. Clear Light of Day
by Anita Desai
Sisterly love is the focus of this novel, set in Old Delhi against the backdrop of some of India's most significant historical events, including the ... More
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2. The Zigzag Way
by Anita Desai
In The Zigzag Way, the critically acclaimed novelist Anita Desai offers a gorgeously nuanced story of expatriates and travelers adrift in an ... More
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3. Fasting, Feasting
by Anita Desai
Anita Desai's new book, hailed as "unsparing, yet tender and funny,"* brilliantly confirms her place among today's foremost Indian writers. FASTING, ... More
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4. The Artist of Disappearance
by Anita Desai
A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas makes up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long ... More
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5. The Village by the Sea
by Anita Desai
This is a story of survival set in a small fishing village near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two ... More
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7. Baumgartner's Bombay
by Anita Desai
Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era is the story of the profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The book follows Hugo Baumgartner as ... More
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8. Where Shall We Go This Summer?
by Anita Desai
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10. Fire on the Mountain
by Anita Desai
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11. Journey to Ithaca
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsAs so many other young Westerners did in the 1960s and '70s, Matteo leaves his home on the Italian lakes to search for spiritual enlightenment in the ... More
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13. In Custody
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsAsked to interview India's greatest poet, Deven sees a way to escape the miseries of life as a small-town scholar. But the old man he finds deep in ... More
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14. The Village by the Sea: An Indian Family Story
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsWinner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
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15. Diamond Dust: Stories
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsGathering together radiant new stories, "Diamond Dust" travels from India to the American Northeast, deftly exploring the tensions between social ... More
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17. Games at Twilight and Other Stories
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsFirst published in 1978 and now reissued in a new cover style, a collection of 11 short stories from the author of BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY. Includes ... More
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19. Cry, the Peacock
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsThis book is the story of a young girl obsessed by a childhood prophecy of disaster. The author builds up an atmosphere of tension and oppression, in ... More
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20. Scholar and Gypsy
by Anita Desai
List of all editionsPerceptive and humorous, these three stories capture the essence of life in India.







