An edition of The inheritance of loss (2005)

The inheritance of loss

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An edition of The inheritance of loss (2005)

The inheritance of loss

Large print ed.

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (5 ratings) ·
  • 71 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in a crumbling isolated house, there lives a cantankerous old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and the son of his chatty cook trying to make his way in the US and stay a step ahead of the immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens the blossoming romance between Sai and her handsome tutor, they, too, are forced to consider their colliding interests. And 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 of hope or betrayal.

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Paragon
Language
English
Pages
437

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Man Booker Prize Winner, Judges, Retirement, Teenage girls, Grandparent and child, Orphans, award:man_booker_prize=2006, Ethnic relations, Fiction, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=2006, Grandfathers, Tutors and tutoring, Older men, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, Grandparents, fiction, India, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Large type books, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction, Fictional Works, Einwanderer, Familie, Fremdheit, Fiction, family life, general

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Himalaya Mountains, Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India)

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2006.

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Bath

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54

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Pagination
437 pages (large print)
Number of pages
437

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32886187M
Internet Archive
inheritanceoflos0000desa_s4n6
ISBN 10
1405617357, 1405617349
ISBN 13
9781405617352, 9781405617345
OCLC/WorldCat
122284014

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL97945W

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Work Description

In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judgeʼs cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desaiʼs brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world. Winner of 2006 Man Booker Prize.

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