Anita Desai

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in Mussoorie, India

June 24, 1937

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female

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Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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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.

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Average rating: 3.43 · 6,043 ratings · 590 reviews · 42 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fasting, Feasting 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 1,363 ratings — published 1999 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Village by the Sea 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 838 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clear Light of Day 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 776 ratings — published 1980 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artist of Disappearance 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 458 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baumgartner's Bombay 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1989 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Custody 3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zigzag Way 2.88 of 5 stars 2.88 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire on the Mountain 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamond Dust: Stories 3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Ithaca 2.93 of 5 stars 2.93 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1995 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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.”
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“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
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tags: travel

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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.”
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tags: the-writing-life

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