Anita Desai
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born
June 24, 1937
gender
female
place of birth
India
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Anita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times. Her daughter, the author Kiran Desai, is the winner of the 2006 Booker prize.
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Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai avg rating 3.28 — 273 ratings — published 2000 8 editions |
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Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai avg rating 3.56 — 175 ratings — published 1980 10 editions |
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Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai avg rating 3.42 — 110 ratings — published 1989 10 editions |
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The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai avg rating 3.23 — 74 ratings — published 1982 11 editions |
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In Custody by Anita Desai avg rating 3.30 — 47 ratings — published 1985 8 editions |
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Diamond Dust: Stories by Anita Desai avg rating 3.36 — 44 ratings — published 2000 6 editions |
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The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai avg rating 3.00 — 49 ratings — published 2004 7 editions |
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Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai avg rating 2.93 — 27 ratings — published 1995 6 editions |
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Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai avg rating 3.55 — 22 ratings — published 1977 9 editions |
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Games at Twilight and Other Stories by Anita Desai avg rating 3.33 — 15 ratings — published 1980 5 editions |
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"...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being."
— Anita Desai
— Anita Desai
"Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book."
— Anita Desai
— Anita Desai
