Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small-town scholar in the north of India. An impoverished college lecturer, Deven, sees a way to escape from the meanness of his daily life when he is asked to... Zobraziť viac
Vivid and alive, this powerful novella about one woman's belated rebellion against the powers that be is Anita Desai at her finest. Nanda Kaul retreats to a quiet house in the hills, determined to live out her days in solitude. But the arrival of her... Zobraziť viac
A rich collection exploring diverse lives across continents, where journeys reveal hidden truths, relationships stir old resentments, and hope intertwines with disappointment... Zobraziť viac
This is a story of survival set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari... Zobraziť viac
An elderly woman seeks solitude in the mountains, but her great-granddaughter's arrival disrupts her peace, revealing hidden wounds and inevitable tragedy... Zobraziť viac
A collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells and sounds, as well as some intensely individual characters, are here... Zobraziť viac
From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and a young woman’s determination to forge her own path. A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico... Zobraziť viac
This novel is the story of Baumgartner's tragic life and death. It examines his childhood in a Jewish bourgeois family in Nazi Germany and his despatch to India where he is interned in a camp. After the war he lives a life of loneliness, ... Zobraziť viac
He believes he finds it at the feet of 'the Mother', but down-to-earth Sophie, who accompanies him, does not find her inspiring so much as mysterious, and decides to trace the Mother's own story - from her travels with an Indian dance troupe in Paris,... Zobraziť viac
