Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781784873936
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
173 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Born and educated in India, Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting. She is the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1999 BOOKER PRIZEUma, the plain, spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped at home, smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions, unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna, who brings off a 'good' marriage, and brother Arun, the disappointing son and heir who is studying in America.Across the world in Massachusetts, life with the Patton family is bewildering for Arun in the alien culture of freedom, freezers and paradoxically self-denying self-indulgence.
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Desai has a wicked, subtle humour...and her characters are beautifully described... Her writing is polished and mature, with a wit she cleverly underplays
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this warm, beautiful novel explores the intricate nets of family life in both India and America.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781784873936
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
173 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240
Forfatter