Baumgartner's Bombay

Baumgartner's Bombay

by Anita Desai (Author)

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 26 Mar 1998

ISBN 10: 0749386746
ISBN 13: 9780749386740

Media Reviews
Beautifully observed... Recovers a lost slice of history in its portrayal of a wounded survivor. - Observer
Hugo Baumgartner, the central character of Anita Desai's dazzling novel, is a wandering Jew all his life. From the agonizing scenes of his childhood in pre-war Berlin, through his spell in business in Calcutta and then Bombay, he
simply does not belong. Too dark for Hitler's society, he is too fair for India; he remains a firanghi, a foreigner, wherever he goes. - Daily Telegraph
Cleverly constructed, and full of sharp perceptions about human nature under the skin, whatever the colour. - The Times