The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai
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.
**Winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction**
**Winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction**
Catégories:
Année:
2005
Editeur::
Penguin
Langue:
english
ISBN 13:
9780802142818
ISBN:
5C669779-78B0-467A-976B-4496B9766CC9
Fichier:
EPUB, 443 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2005