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| Title | : | The Inheritance of Loss |
| Author | : | Kiran Desai |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 357 pages |
| Published | : | 2005 by Grove Press |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Novels. Literary Fiction. Literature |
Kiran Desai
Paperback | Pages: 357 pages Rating: 3.43 | 46162 Users | 3862 Reviews
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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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| Original Title: | The Inheritance of Loss |
| ISBN: | 0802142818 (ISBN13: 9780802142818) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jemubhai Patel |
| Setting: | Kalimpong(India) |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize (2006), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2007), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2006), Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007), Crossword Book Award for Popular (2006) Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ Nominee for Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία (2008), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2008) |
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Ratings: 3.43 From 46162 Users | 3862 ReviewsRate Containing Books The Inheritance of Loss
this was my re-read, but didnot feel so as I had already forgotten many of the pertinent events. The beauty of the language hit me again - I just devoured the sentences, sometimes going back to read twice or thrice. The story deals with the events occuring during the Gorkha revolution in the eighties in a small place called Kalimpong in West Bengal (?supposedly close to Nepal and Sikkim). It shows how the revolution affected and molded those who were pro and anti Gorkhaland, and how innocentThe story starts with the story of Sai who just lost her parents and has come to stay with her grandfather in kalimpong. The story jumps back and forth in time, from character to character( so many characters simultaneously). The transition is very swift and it does bother in the beginning but you get used to it.This book revolves around 2 main issues. Indians migrating for better life opportunities to Europe and USA and the movement of Gorkhaland in Kalimpong.The main crux of the story is when
i have only read half of this book, so perhaps i shouldn't rate it. but i want to warn other people away from it!the author is obviously an intelligent writer, and she has a real mastery of language. much of the writing is somberly poetic. but perhaps she pays too much attention to detail..... the story is slow..... i read up to the part where the judge returns from england and rapes his wife after she steals his powder puff, and i threw the book down in disgust. it's not just what happens, but
I started this book as a before-bed read and found it difficult to get into. I got to around page 75, then realized I had no idea what was going on, pulled out my bookmark, and promised I'd start afresh in a few weeks. Boy, am I glad I actually did start it again. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Once I day read it, everything started coming into focus and I couldn't put it down. The four main characters provide so much food for thought that it's hard to decide who gave the best performance. I'm
It seems like Ive been reading a lot of complicated novels lately. To even try to explain all the story lines here and what I think it all means is just way more effort than Im willing to spend. But this was a great book (why all the low ratings?)Here are some bits I like:the present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behindHe learned to take refuge in the third person and to keep everyone at bay, to keep even himself away from himselfhe had been recruited to bring his
It was an awful thing, the downing of a proud man. He might kill the witness. I was in the midst of my pre-reviewing laze that consists of gathering up thoughts and quotes and semi-but-not-really-pigeonholing-various-things when without warning the word 'satire' reared its head. It's not a word I get along with, what with its all too frequent usage as a blockade, a safety blanket, a "but it's a satire so I can say anything I want?!?!" that guarantees neither quality nor even simple
So far, this is the Man Booker Prize winner that is most relevant to me as an Asian. Most countries in Asia were once colonies of European or American countries and their influences will forever stay no matter how many centuries have passed. Also, this is one of the most readable. Although the verses are oftentimes playful, the storytelling is concise. Almost all the characters seem to be alive and the imageries that the scenes create seem like imprints that will stay in your mind for a long
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