The Artist of Disappearance

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2012
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A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long shadow, the stories move beyond the cities to places still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own way, masters of self-effacement. Rich and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their telling, these stories remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate power of this pre-eminent writer.

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A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long shadow, the stories move beyond the cities to places still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own way, masters of self-effacement. Rich and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their telling, these stories remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate power of this pre-eminent writer.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 0099553953
ISBN 13: 9780099553953
Book Overview: A jewel of a book from India's finest living woman writer.

Media Reviews

Profoundly elegiac -- Margaret Drabble New Statesman From a web of connections, Desai spins stories of history and loss that move the reader not with epiphanies, but through the sheer beauty of her storytelling Time Out Elegantly paced and smartly crafted -- Fatima Bhutto Financial Times Anita Desai writes exquisitely -- Allan Massie Scotsman Bewitchingly beautiful The Times

Author Bio

Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her published works include many award-winning short story collections and novels, three of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Fasting, Feasting. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in New York State.