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    <body><![CDATA[Set against the dismal, crumbling world of Old Delhi, Desai's novel is a wise portrayal of a family that, like so many families, is threatening to come apart.  Time and the inevitable mistakes and misunderstandings that come with time's passage weigh heavily on two sisters, Bim and Tara.  The first ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82191270">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply beautifully written story set in India during her Partition. The metaphors drew me to re-read passages, and whole pages. I made the last chapters last. Worth getting lost in this book again.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[From back cover:<br/><br/>&quot;Set in India's Old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai's tender, warm, and compassionate novel about family scars, the ability to forgive and forget, and the trials and tribulations of familial love. At the novel's heart are the moving relationships between the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49848269">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Set in India's Old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai's tender, warm, and compassionate novel about family scars, the ability to forgive and forget, and the trials and tribulations of familial love. At the novel's heart are the moving relationships between the members of the Das family, who have grown apart from each other. Bimla is a dissatisfied but ambitious teacher at a women's college who lives in her childhood home, where she cares for her mentally challenged brother, Baba. Tara is her younger, unambitious, estranged sister, married and with children of her own. Raja is their popular, brilliant, and successful brother. When Tara returns for a visit with Bimla and Baba, old memories and tensions resurface and blend into a domestic drama that is intensely beautiful and leads to profound self-understanding.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love books that are told from different perspectives. This novel, set in India, begins in the present day when Tara, the younger sister in a family of four siblings, returns to her parental home in Old Delhi, and we learn about her siblings and the family dynamics. The second part, told from siste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40585051">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me some time to get into the book. For some reason I couldn't get past a page or two in one sitting. I think it had to do with the underlying tension I felt within each character. However, after the first chapter, I really got into it. I especially loved the flashbacks and how they flowed se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73204959">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the post Independence era, and the past few years have seen a massive flourishing of Indian English writing in the form of new fiction.It pushes the limiting boundaries of acceptance. The form is dynamic, the tone pluralistic and the story engaging.jaydeep sarangi ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i really admire the sentiment of this book.  very accurate about the love-hate feeling between family members.  however, for some reason reading this one was like walking through heavy mud.  this tiny book took me forever to read.  the plotting is why:  the book starts at a family reunion/visit (hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37207009">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[setting India. It is about an Indian woman coming back to India -- coming to terms?? with her family, her culture. It is about her sister who stayed in the family home.. I found it depressing at first despite the wonderful language .. but later I was happy to read this book. I would read others by t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35208988">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was filled with light — the harsh, yet clear light of day where one can see reality — contrasted with the dim, yellow light of the dusty and shuttered house where one can hide from it.]]></body>
    
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