The Zigzag Way - Couverture souple

Desai, Anita

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618619801 ISBN 13 : 9780618619801

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Desai Anita

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In The Zigzag Way, the critically acclaimed novelist Anita Desai offers a gorgeously nuanced story of expatriates and travelers adrift in an unfamiliar land. Eric, a young American historian, has come to Mexico on his first trip abroad. His search for his immigrant family’s roots brings him to a town in the Sierrra Madre, where a hundred years earlier Cornish miners toiled without relief. Here the suspiciously enigmatic Dona Vera, the fierce Austrian widow of a mining baron, has become a local legend, but her reputation for philanthropy glosses over a darker history. A haunting, powerful novel that culminates on the Day of the Dead, The Zigzag Way examines the subtle interplay between past and present.

Anita Desai is the author of many acclaimed works of fiction, including Baumgartner’s Bombay, Clear Light of Day, Diamond Dust, and Fasting, Feasting, among other works. Three of her novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she now lives in New York.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Born and educated in India, she is the author of many novels and short stories, and has three times been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and though she lives in New York State, each year she spends time in India and Cambridge UK. In Custody was filmed by Merchant Ivory. She has travelled in Mexico, where she wrote part of this novel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0618619801
• ISBN 13: 9780618619801
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160