The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
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The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author.
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The Complete Stories by Anita Desai
The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author. From the icy suburbs of Canada to the overcrowded B&Bs of Cornwall, via the hill towns and cities of India, Anita Desai observes human behaviour unflinchingly but not unkindly, recognising our ordinariness and our strangeness, and capturing both with quiet precision.
Anita Desai is one of the greats of the modern short story.. The whole collection breathes old-style quality -- Phil Baker * The Sunday Times *
To compare Anita Desai's fiction with that of Chekhov or the short stories of Tolstoy is not extravagant; it is entirely warranted * Irish Times *
All her stories are full of a confidence in human nature that is a rarity and a pleasure to encounter * Spectator *
Anita Desai is one of the most brilliant and subtle writers ever to have described the meeting of eastern and western culture -- Alison Lurie
To compare Anita Desai's fiction with that of Chekhov or the short stories of Tolstoy is not extravagant; it is entirely warranted * Irish Times *
All her stories are full of a confidence in human nature that is a rarity and a pleasure to encounter * Spectator *
Anita Desai is one of the most brilliant and subtle writers ever to have described the meeting of eastern and western culture -- Alison Lurie
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 the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784706647 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784706647 |
| Title | The Complete Stories |
| Author | Anita Desai |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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