Kiran Desai
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Værker af Kiran Desai
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Associated Works
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (2008) — Bidragyder — 166 eksemplarer
Know the Past, Find the Future: The New York Public Library at 100 (2011) — Bidragyder — 115 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1971-09-03
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- India
- Fødested
- New Delhi, India
- Bopæl
- New Delhi, India
England
USA
Pune, India
Mumbai, India - Uddannelse
- Bennington College
Hollins College
Columbia University - Erhverv
- writer
- Relationer
- Desai, Anita (mother)
Pamuk, Orhan (partner)
Medlemmer
Discussions
1001 Group Read: January,2012--The Inheritance of Loss i 1001 Books to read before you die (januar 2012)
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The Inheritance of Loss af Kiran Desai
I feel like this deserves a better review than I will give it, I struggled through to 300 pages but it was just too dense for me and I couldn’t get into it.
Well, I never wrote any comment about this book and don't have a good memory of reading it. Best guess: it was quickly read on vacation (check timeline with other reads)
A bit bloated and meandering. Also a little dour and scatalogical. And not quite what I wanted after her first book, but I can't hold that against it.
I started reading this book more than once. I finally decided that it had wonderful reviews so it must be good. My conclusion is that yes, it is good, but has a hard message.
Many books reveal the triumph of the human spirit in difficult situations. I don't think that anyone in this book ends up happy. Nepal/Gujariti is certainly portrayed as an unhappy place. This is not the only location where feuding/rebelling groups end up creating more unhappiness than they promote. The language is lovely and the descriptions are splendid. don't read it if you want a happy ending.… (mere)
Many books reveal the triumph of the human spirit in difficult situations. I don't think that anyone in this book ends up happy. Nepal/Gujariti is certainly portrayed as an unhappy place. This is not the only location where feuding/rebelling groups end up creating more unhappiness than they promote. The language is lovely and the descriptions are splendid. don't read it if you want a happy ending.… (mere)
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 7
- Also by
- 5
- Medlemmer
- 7,756
- Popularitet
- #3,141
- Vurdering
- 3.4
- Anmeldelser
- 219
- ISBN
- 111
- Sprog
- 21
- Udvalgt
- 10
- Trædesten
- 562
