Author : Desai, Kiran – Personal Name
Series Title : –
Publisher : Grove Press : New York., 2006
Collation : 357 pages
Language : English
ISBN/ISSN : 9780802142818
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judged 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 thought 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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