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  by lalexiou

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Kiran Desai

Description: Boring well-written

2008-02-12

  by evilonion

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: —

Author: Kiran Desai

Tags: fiction india new_york

2007-07-22

  by julzddm

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Kiran Desai

Tags: own

2007-05-23

  by katie

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Kiran Desai

Tags: india love colonialism dysfunctional_families

Description: An Indian village in the foothills of the Himalayas is the backdrop of a political, underclassAn Indian village in the foothills of the Himalayas is the backdrop of a political, underclass uprising of Gorkhas. The reader's sympathy is with the Anglicized family of Sai, orphanned granddaughter of the unlovable and unloving judge. Only the cook gets his dream of love, when his son Biju returns from America where he has been living a minimal, illegal existence. The displacement of dreams and responsibilities. Beautifully written. Wonderful characters....

2007-01-29

  by ramblewoman

• Current

Type: fiction

Status: neutral

Author: Kiran Desai

Description: Boring well-written

2006-10-21