2006, ISBN: 0241143489

[EAN: 9780241143483], Used, very good, [SC: 2.8], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London], KIRAN DESAI THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS, The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordin… Altro …

[EAN: 9780241143483], Used, very good, [SC: 2.8], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London], KIRAN DESAI THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS, The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordinary Man Booker Prize winning novel. High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphan granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world. 'A Magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Man Booker Prize judges 'Poised, elegant and assured . . . breaks out into extraordinary beauty' The Times 'Desai's bold, original voice, and her ability to deal in a grand narratives with a deft comic touch that affectionately recalls some of the masters of Indian fiction, makes hers a novel to reread and remembered'Independent Kiran Desai was born in India in 1971, was educated in India, England and the United States, and now lives in New York. She is the author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, which was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries, and The Inheritance of Loss, which won the Man Book Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2006, ISBN: 9780241143483

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Hamish Hamilton Penguin], Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006! In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house,… Altro …

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Hamish Hamilton Penguin], Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006! In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in an isolated and crumbling house, there lives an embittered old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and the son of his chatty cook trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens the blossoming romance between Sai and her handsome tutor, they, too, are forced to consider their colliding interests. The judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires - every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal. Kiran Desai was born in India on 3rd September 1971 and is currently a student at Columbia University's Creative Writing Course. Her first novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard received accolades from many notable figures and an excerpt was featured in the New Yorker India Fiction issue, and in Mirrorwork, Salman Rushdie's controversial anthology of 50 years of Indian writing. It went on to win the Betty Trask Award., NL, [SC: 4.95], Gut, gewerbliches Angebot, 324, Banküberweisung, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, Internationaler Versand<

2006, ISBN: 9780241143483

Hamish Hamilton, 2006-08-31. Hardcover. Good. 3.3974 in x 23.3822 in x 15.7880 in. Ex library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy., Hamish Hamilton, 2006-08-31, 2.5