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Meira Chand

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Literature & Fiction

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Meira Chand is of Indian-Swiss parentage and was born and educated in London at Putney High School. She studied art at St. Martin’s School of Art and later specialised in textile design at Hammersmith Art School. In 1962 she left England to settle in Japan with her Indian husband. Although she spent several years in India in the early 1970s, she afterwards returned again to live in Japan. In 1997 she moved to Singapore, where she currently lives.

The themes of Meira Chand’s novels explore the search for identity and belonging. Five of her novels, The Gossamer Fly, Last Quadrant, The Bonsai Tree, The Painted Cage and A Choice of Evils, are all set in Japan. Contemporary India is the location of House of the Sun that, in 1990, was adapted for...more

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Books by Meira Chand

Average rating: 3.45 · 91 ratings · 27 reviews · 8 distinct works

	A Different Sky 3.56 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Bonsai Tree 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Choice Of Evils 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Far Horizon 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gossamer Fly 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Painted Cage 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Last Quadrant 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 3 editions	My rating:
	House of the Sun 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating: