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 ...
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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.
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Very Good. Good Jacket. Size: 8x5x2; Signed by the author. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Hamish Hamilton, 2006. First UK edition-7th printing. Brown hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new with light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages(slightly yellow), small nick on the edge of the pages.324pp. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook's son trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens Sai's blossoming romance with her handsome tutor they 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.
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None. Near Fine in Fine jacket. A fine, first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel by Kiran Desai. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This stunning work is the second novel of Indian author Kiran Desai. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006 and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award 2007. The novel follows the lives of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US trying to make a living as a chef, and Sai, the orphaned granddaughter of Biju's father living in Kalimpong. This novel is a tumultuous exploration into multiculturalism and migration and presents the disparity between past and present. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, with minor shelf wear only. Small ink drawing to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine.
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none. Fine in Fine jacket. A lovely first edition, first impression copy of Kiran Desai's beautiful and rich second novel, The Inheritance of Loss. A first edition, first impression of this novel. Â The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desi. The novel won the Booker Prize in 2006 and covers themes of migration, the difficulty of living between two worlds and the disparity between past and present. Set in the north-eastern Himalayas at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, the novel is a deep and rich exploration of emotion and imagination. Â In the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which is very smart. Fine.
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None. Near Fine in Fine jacket. The first edition, first impression of this poignant Man Booker Prize winning novel exploring India, multiculturalism and migration. The first edition, first impression of this celebrated novel from Indian author Kiran Desai, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006, and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award 2007. Â Following the lives of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US trying to make a living as a chef, and Sai, the orphaned granddaughter of Biju's father living in Kalimpong, this novel is a tumultuous exploration of multiculturalism and migration. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Otherwise, externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine.
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None. Fine in Fine jacket. A signed first edition of Kiran Desai's Man Booker winning novel looking at India through two main characters, Biju and Sai, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The winner of the Man Booker Prize. 'The Inheritance of Loss' is centered on two characters, Biju and Sai, and takes place in 1986. The novel follows Biju, an undocumented immigrant in the US, and Sai, a girl living in Kalimpong with her grandfather, looking at the internal conflicts in India. Written by Kiran Desai, an Indian author best known for this novel. Her other works include 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine.
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I read this book as a selection with my literature group. Many found it was "an important book," but it was difficult for me to read around the utter despair that permeates everything. Perhaps I identify too much with a book's characters, and while this book was beautifully written, it also seemed a bit overwrought and over-thought. After I found out the author had whittled it down from 1800 pages, these feelings were easier to understand. Is India really such a joyless place? I doubt it, although I imagine living there is complex and difficult. These characters are so sad and dispirited, often without direction or inclination. I wonder why Desai found it important to write about them? I can't say I would recommend this book, although I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading it, either. Have something light-hearted on the table, though, for balance...
desert7
Aug 23, 2007
you can go home again but it won't be the same
A moving andd unusual book about Northern India, the hopes of immigrants, the ties of tradition, the plans of parents for their children and the difficulty of any actual positive change in our world. Tough protrayals of immigrant life in the US set off against class differences in India. And the difficulties of going back and forth. A good read!
Stuart
Jun 7, 2007
The Real India
A well-written and informative book about the real, rural India. Not a very happy or encouraging book about conditions in India and its inhabitants, but an eye-opener about the destitution and lack of civility in the outer regions of the country.
BellaWA
Jun 1, 2007
Excellent, thought provoking read...
I recently read this book for my book club and thought it was very good. The writer is a master with language; the words were like prose. She was able to weave a myriad of social and political commentary into a story about people and their relationships. I would recommend this book to others, especially, if you are someone who enjoys a thought-provoking book that at once seems incredibly simple and yet amazingly complex. I can?t wait for our book club discussion!
obhijit
Apr 3, 2007
The reality of loss
Being someone who hails from India's North-east,but still has to pay a price,off and on,for the whims and fancies of the so called " son of the soil " politics of the North-east,Kiran Deasi has, with remarkable sophistication touched the mood of Gorkhaland agitation in her book.To me, 'The Inheritance of Loss' was much more than Sai's loss of her first innocent love in Gyan to the Gorkhaland agitation,but that,she was unfortunate enough to have inherited that loss of belonging from the beginning.Biju's exploits in the US,although funny in a very sad way,reminded me of how my forefathers,very conveniently called "refugees"must have felt and experienced when they first came from erstwhile East Pakistan to India. I believe, many people of my generation,would like to think that we have had inherited the profoundest loss when the British divided my father's home in a sleepy village,not so long ago,by drawing two maps -when no one really needed them. I really thought about "loss" after reading this book and therein lies its truimph.