The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Paperback, 2006)
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Paperback, 2006)
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Paperback, 2006)
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The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

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

 

 Paperback | 324 pages

Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 15.4  x 2.7 | 446g

 

 Penguin Books Ltd

 Hamish Hamilton Ltd

 London, United Kingdom

 Export ed

 0241143640

 978024114364

 

Condition: Very Good

A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover. No missing pages. There is very minimal creasing on some of the pages, but no tears. No underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.