Anita Desai





Anita Desai

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born
June 24, 1937 in India

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Anita Desai was born in 1937. Her published works include adult novels, children's books and short stories. SHe is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London. 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.


Average rating: 3.40 · 3,477 ratings · 407 reviews · 18 distinct works
Fasting, Feasting
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions
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Clear Light of Day
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions
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The Village by the Sea
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions
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Baumgartner's Bombay
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions
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The Artist of Disappearance
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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In Custody
3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 166 ratings10 editions
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The Zigzag Way
2.85 of 5 stars 2.85 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
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Diamond Dust: Stories
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1980 — 12 editions
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Fire on the Mountain
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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Journey to Ithaca
2.85 of 5 stars 2.85 avg rating — 72 ratings8 editions
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“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

“...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

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