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The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

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The Inheritance of Loss

by Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss

Lyrical displacement, longing, and postcolonial identity

This is the kind of novel people admire for how beautifully it captures the ache of living between worlds. Kiran Desai writes with sharp intelligence and quiet irony, making even ordinary moments feel loaded with history, class, and loneliness. If you like thoughtful literary fiction that lingers emotionally, this can be a deeply rewarding read.

  • Booker Prize (2006)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2007)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2006)
  • Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007)
  • Crossword Book Award for Popular (2006)
  • Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ Nominee for Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία (2008)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2008)
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The Inheritance of Loss

by Kiran Desai
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ISBN: 9780141028729
Author: Kiran Desai
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2006-10-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Race, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.47
(rated by 57443 readers)

Description

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 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 confront 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. A story of depth and emotion, humor and imagination, rich, beautiful and infinitely wise, The Inheritance of Loss is a glorious second novel from the author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.
 

Lyrical displacement, longing, and postcolonial identity

This is the kind of novel people admire for how beautifully it captures the ache of living between worlds. Kiran Desai writes with sharp intelligence and quiet irony, making even ordinary moments feel loaded with history, class, and loneliness. If you like thoughtful literary fiction that lingers emotionally, this can be a deeply rewarding read.

  • Booker Prize (2006)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2007)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2006)
  • Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007)
  • Crossword Book Award for Popular (2006)
  • Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ Nominee for Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία (2008)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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