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Title	:	The Inheritance of Loss
Author	:	Kiran Desai
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 357 pages
Published	:	2005 by Grove Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Novels. Literary Fiction. Literature

The Inheritance of Loss

Kiran Desai

Paperback | Pages: 357 pages

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In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai’s brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.

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Original Title:	The Inheritance of Loss
ISBN:	0802142818 (ISBN13: 9780802142818)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jemubhai Patel
Setting:	Kalimpong(India)
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize (2006), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2007), National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2006), Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2007), Crossword Book Award for Popular (2006) Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ Nominee for Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία (2008), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2008)

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I am very interested in reading books on India since I read Yann Martels Life of Pi. This novel gave me an idea about life of Indians (although I already studied it in our high school History. ) I became more interested when I read A White Tiger by Aravind Adiga from which I learned the real face of social system in India, that people in the lower class get through miserable and sordid life. This fact opened my mind then. Probably, the novel that has had a significant impact upon me so far is

Another Mann Booker prize winner this time from India. The first, and perhaps longest, lesson of the book is a new, to me, kind of poverty - inherited. After that, we see a pattern of life of many people in India and how the least of them are treated, and how they treat each other including when the lucky few (in their eyes) get to the US. One fascinating insight is the Hindu attitude to Islam - that Islam is so strict and so counterintuitive to human behavior that no one actually follows it.

Living in the PastMost of this brilliantly-titled book is set in a small Himalayan community at the foot of Kanchenjunga, where a retired and reclusive Indian judge lives with his orphan grand-daughter Sai, his cook, and his dog. The judge's house is a decaying relic of the British Raj, and virtually everybody in the story has been touched in some way by the dead hand of colonialism, in language, lifestyle, and loyalties. Rising in the background is the potential violence of the Ghorka

1980s. A dilapidated house in the valleys of Kalimpong, India. A retired, loveless judge, an isolated teenager Sai, a hapless cook and a dog.1980s. Many restaurants in USA. Biju, the cooks son, working and getting kicked out from one to the other, trying to survive in a foreign land.The novel focuses on the lives of Sai and Biju, who in their own ways are struggling to understand their place in the world. It is set against the backdrop of the Gorkhaland revolution in India, when the Gorkhas

Short synopsis; 4 Stars for this one because it was beautifully written and I learned a lot about the history of the Gurkhas and the uprising in 1986 in Nepal, and much about Indian immigration to the USA & the UK and life for "illegals in America. Yet again I have pages of notes & no time soon to write a full report. It's also about racism and the caste system and as the name implies the inheritance of loss from previous generations. It won a number of awards, including the Man Booker

Ever since Kiran Desai won the Man Booker Prize in October last year, as the youngest female winner in the awards 39 year history, I have been wanting to read it. I picked up my paperback copy from Heathrow while flying home for Christmas, but could not find the time. I admit I felt slightly apprehensive, thinking that as a Booker Prize winner it must be a difficult, challenging read.Then the book was chosen as the March title for the SYP Oxford Book Club and I suddenly had both a very good

So far, this is the Man Booker Prize winner that is most relevant to me as an Asian. Most countries in Asia were once colonies of European or American countries and their influences will forever stay no matter how many centuries have passed. Also, this is one of the most readable. Although the verses are oftentimes playful, the storytelling is concise. Almost all the characters seem to be alive and the imageries that the scenes create seem like imprints that will stay in your mind for a long