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Baumgartner's Bombayby Anita DesaiISBN 0140114742 (0-14-011474-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baumgartner's Bombay'Book summary:Matteo and Sophie join the 1970s flight of young Europeans to India. Matteo - Italian, raised in the luscious countryside around Lake Como, restless since childhood - has been introduced by a tutor to Hermann Hesse's The Journey to the East, and it opens in him a desperate longing. Sophie - German, practical, worldly - is willing to follow him to the ends of the earth. In India, together they visit swamis, gurus, ashrams - always searching. Matteo is seeking spiritual enlightenment, but for Sophie fulfillment lies in earthly love. And when they meet a holy woman known as the Mother, the differences between them seem to explode. When we learn the Mother's story, we see it as an earlier version of their own - the story of a young girl growing up in Cairo and finding her way East by joining a troupe of Indian dancers she has met in Europe. Her journey, a young woman's daring progress through Paris and Venice and New York, until she finds her moment of transcendence in India, comments on, and gives added breadth to, the young couple's quest. [via]
More editions of Baumgartner's Bombay:
- Baumgartner's Bombay: ISBN 0099825708 (0-09-982570-8)
Hardcover, Random House - Baumgartner's Bombay: ISBN 0140131760 (0-14-013176-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Books - Baumgartner's Bombay: ISBN 0394572297 (0-394-57229-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Baumgartner's Bombay: ISBN 0140114742 (0-14-011474-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Baumgartner's Bombay: ISBN 0099825708 (0-09-982570-8)
Clear Light of Dayby Anita DesaiISBN 0140086706 (0-14-008670-6)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clear Light of Day'Book summary:Clear Light of Day is an examination of contemporary India and a family history in which two sisters, Bim and Tara, learn that, although there will always be family scars, the ability to forgive and forget is a powerful ally against life's sorrows. Twenty years ago when Tara married, she left Old Delhi and a home full of sickness and death, while Bim continued to live in the family home taking care of their autistic brother, Baba. Now Tara has returned, her first visit in 10 years, for their niece's wedding. Bim refuses to attend; she can't visit their brother Raja who, like Tara, left her many years ago. Instead Bim dwells bitterly on her feelings of abandonment and the impact on her of her country's recent history: the violent conflict between Hindus and Muslims, the death of Gandhi and the ensuing struggle for political power and the malaria epidemic that killed so many. In Bim's presence, Tara once again feels "herself shrink into that small miserable wretch of 20 years ago, both admiring and resenting her tall striding sister", while "Bim was calmly unaware of any of her sister's agonies, past or present". With language that describes both the harshness and beauty of family and the land, Anita Desai takes the reader with Tara and Bim on their struggle to confront and heal old wounds. --Alex Freeman, Amazon.com [via]
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- Clear Light of Day: ISBN 0140058605 (0-14-005860-5)
Softcover, Penguin Books - Clear Light of Day: ISBN 0140108599 (0-14-010859-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Clear Light of Day: ISBN 006010984X (0-06-010984-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Clear Light of Day: ISBN 0140086706 (0-14-008670-6)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
- Clear Light of Day: ISBN 0140058605 (0-14-005860-5)
Fasting, Feastingby Anita DesaiISBN 0099293269 (0-09-929326-9)
Softcover, Random House
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Fire on the Mountainby Anita DesaiISBN 0140053476 (0-14-005347-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fire on the Mountain'Book summary:Nanda Kul is old. She has chosen to spend her last years high in the mountains, but her solitude is broken with the arrival of her great-granddaughter, Raka. Through the long hot summer, hidden dependencies and old wounds are uncovered, until tragedy becomes inevitable. From the author of CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY and IN CUSTODY. [via]
Games at Twilightby Anita DesaiISBN 0140119078 (0-14-011907-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Games at Twilight'Book summary:First published in 1978 and now reissued in a new cover style, a collection of 11 short stories from the author of BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY. Includes tales about an American wife who, homesick for rural Vermont, turns to the hippies of the Indian hills for consolation; and a painter who renders pictures of creatures he has never seen. [via]
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The Home And The Worldby Rabindranath Tagore, Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Anita DesaiISBN 0140449868 (0-14-044986-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Home And The World'Book summary:[via]Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947.More editions of The Home And The World:
In Custodyby Anita DesaiISBN 0140239324 (0-14-023932-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Journey to Ithacaby Anita DesaiISBN 0140258183 (0-14-025818-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to Ithaca'Book summary:Matteo and Sophie join the 1970s flight of young Europeans to India. Matteo - Italian, raised in the luscious countryside around Lake Como, restless since childhood - has been introduced by a tutor to Hermann Hesse's The Journey to the East, and it opens in him a desperate longing. Sophie - German, practical, worldly - is willing to follow him to the ends of the earth. In India, together they visit swamis, gurus, ashrams - always searching. Matteo is seeking spiritual enlightenment, but for Sophie fulfillment lies in earthly love. And when they meet a holy woman known as the Mother, the differences between them seem to explode. When we learn the Mother's story, we see it as an earlier version of their own - the story of a young girl growing up in Cairo and finding her way East by joining a troupe of Indian dancers she has met in Europe. Her journey, a young woman's daring progress through Paris and Venice and New York, until she finds her moment of transcendence in India, comments on, and gives added breadth to, the young couple's quest. [via]
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Phoenix Fledby Anita DesaiISBN 0140161929 (0-14-016192-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Sunlight on a Broken Columnby Anita DesaiISBN 0140161910 (0-14-016191-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Village by the Seaby Anita DesaiISBN 0141312718 (0-14-131271-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Village by the Sea'Book summary:This is a story of survival set in a small fishing village near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything. Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty, it demonstrates the strength of the family even in the most extreme circumstances and offers a powerful picture of another culture. [via]
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- The Village by the Sea: ISBN 0140072500 (0-14-007250-0)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited - Village by the Sea: ISBN 0140118861 (0-14-011886-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Village by the Sea: ISBN 0140325050 (0-14-032505-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Village by the Sea: ISBN 0141007389 (0-14-100738-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited - The Village by the Sea: ISBN 0141312718 (0-14-131271-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
- The Village by the Sea: ISBN 0140072500 (0-14-007250-0)
The Zigzag Wayby Anita DesaiISBN 0099472082 (0-09-947208-2)
Softcover, Random House
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