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
01 Nov 2006
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.