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The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai

Germany. Every year a country is invited to present its literature, last year India was the guest of honour. German newspapers reported on the event in detail, when the name Kiran Desai appeared repeatedly and her novel The Inheritance of Loss was praised by all reviewers, I decided to order the English original from British Amazon, I even invested in a hardcover edition so that I wouldn‘t have to wait too long for the pleasure of reading this book. For some reason the delivery was delayed, however, and while I was waiting, the author won the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize! I was paralysed, when the novel finally arrived, I couldn‘t even open it, I put it on the ...

The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai

Germany. Every year a country is invited to present its literature, last year India was the guest of honour. German newspapers reported on the event in detail, when the name Kiran Desai appeared repeatedly and her novel The Inheritance of Loss was praised by all reviewers, I decided to order the English original from British Amazon, I even invested in a hardcover edition so that I wouldn‘t have to wait too long for the pleasure of reading this book. For some reason the delivery was delayed, however, and while I was waiting, the author won the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize! I was paralysed, when the novel finally arrived, I couldn‘t even open it, I put it on the ...

The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai

the winner was announced because I wanted to read Kiran Desai’s book. There were several reasons for this - firstly I’ve read a lot of books by her mother, Anita Desai, who has been short-listed three times but never won; secondly I have a particular interest (i.e. almost a whole IKEA ‘Billy’ bookcase-full) in contemporary fiction about India and by Indian writers; and finally, this particular book is set in Kalimpong, one of the Indian Himalayan ‘hill stations’ that’s high on my list of places I want to visit. ~ India and the Booker Prize ~ Due to the nature of the prize – i.e. it’s awarded to British or Commonwealth writers - India has been a strong theme in Booker ...

The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai

the winner was announced because I wanted to read Kiran Desai’s book. There were several reasons for this - firstly I’ve read a lot of books by her mother, Anita Desai, who has been short-listed three times but never won; secondly I have a particular interest (i.e. almost a whole IKEA ‘Billy’ bookcase-full) in contemporary fiction about India and by Indian writers; and finally, this particular book is set in Kalimpong, one of the Indian Himalayan ‘hill stations’ that’s high on my list of places I want to visit. ~ India and the Booker Prize ~ Due to the nature of the prize – i.e. it’s awarded to British or Commonwealth writers - India has been a strong theme in Booker ...