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Games At Twilight
Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, this is a collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells …
The Home And The World
Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her …
GAMES AT TWILIGHT
Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, these stories reflect the kaleidoscope of urban life - evoking the colour, sounds and white-hot heat of the city. Warm, perceptive, …
Hurricanes in Perfect Power
A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice Brathwaite.______________'To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane …
Fasting, Feasting
Uma, 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 …
Clear Light of Day
To the family living in the shabby, dusty house in Delhi, Tara's visit brings a sharp reminder of life outside tradition. Looking at both the cruelty and the beauty of family life …
The Village by the Sea
Winner of the 1982 Guardian Award for children's fiction, The Village by the Sea is a survival story by the novelist Anita Desai.Set in a small fishing villlage near Bombay, Lila …
Complete Stories
The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface …
Sicksackvägen
Anita Desais roman Sicksackvägen i översättning av Andreas Vesterlund. Anita Desai är en gigant på den internationella litteraturscenen. Hon är född 1937 - tysk mamma, bengalisk …
Words are Stones
Over the course of a number of years, Italian writer Carlo Levi made three separate journeys to Sicily. He went on to chronicle his travels, penning a number of short essays and …
Baumgartners Bombay
Anita Desais flerfaldigt prisbelönta roman Baumgartners Bombay i nyöversättning av Andreas Vesterlund. En oerhört stark roman. Visserligen oerhört dyster, men ändå stark, ändå på …