The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai
Features such novellas as "The Museum of Final Journeys" and "Translator, Translated". In "The Museum of Final Journeys", an unnamed government official is called upon to inspect a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, each sent home by the absent, itinerant master. As he is taken through the estate, he reaches the final - greatest - gift of all.
Bewitchingly beautiful * The Times *
To compare Anita Desai's fiction with that of Chekhov or the short stories of Tolstoy is not extravagant; it is entirely warranted.. anyone looking for the rare frisson at the heart of consummate storytelling need look no farther -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
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 *
A pleasure -- Keith Miller * Telegraph *
Anita Desai writes exquisitely. * The Scotsman *
To compare Anita Desai's fiction with that of Chekhov or the short stories of Tolstoy is not extravagant; it is entirely warranted.. anyone looking for the rare frisson at the heart of consummate storytelling need look no farther -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
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 *
A pleasure -- Keith Miller * Telegraph *
Anita Desai writes exquisitely. * The Scotsman *
Born and educated in India, Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting. She is the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Royal Society of Literature.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780701186203 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701186208 |
| Title | The Artist of Disappearance |
| Author | Anita Desai |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |