Book by Desai Anita
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Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as Desai trains her luminous spotlight on private universes from India to Canada and New England, from Cornwall to Mexico. Her protagonists set out on journeys and find themselves suddenly beyond the pale, or surprisingly back where they started from. Caught up in cycles of hope and disappointment, their lives are ruled by the seasons, or straitjacketed by the conventions of hospitality, friendship and family. In the title story, a beloved dog, black as Satan, brings nothing but disaster; in another, a business man away from home sees his own death; and elsewhere, old relationships stir up buried resentments, issues demand commitment - or escape. And in the final quiet masterpiece, one of Delhi's girls of slender means finds a kind of joy and freedom in a strange rooftop community.
"Exquisite...these stories sparkle with the fire of real diamonds." (The Times)
"Contemporary Indian fiction writers are among the finest in the world, and Desai at her best, as she is throughout this collection, has deservedly won her place alongside them." (Irish Times)
"Unsentimental, dazzling, funny and achingly sad." (Literary Review)
"All her stories are full of a confidence in human nature that is a rarity and a pleasure to encounter." (The Spectator)
"Anita Desai is one of the most brilliant and subtle writers ever to have described the meeting of eastern and western culture." (Alison Lurie)
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