false <![CDATA[Clear Light of Day]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168656677m/35997.jpg 35997 10 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. 35908 12 9 1980 Clear Light of Day total:197|5:28|4:78|3:71|2:14|1:6| 197 699 336 16 5 1 false false Sun Nov 02 03:18:26 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 03:23:59 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 20 03:44:53 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 03:09:31 -0700 2009
"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...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 08:09:17 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 21 07:12:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 08:09:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:33:50 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:36:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 15:42:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:51:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 28 18:41:30 -0800 2008 Thu May 28 14:11:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 10 07:44:42 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 07:51:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Oct 14 20:03:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 20:15:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 13 10:47:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:48:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 06:33:43 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 06:42:36 -0700 2008 Clear Light of Day, she creates a microcosm of an Indian family in the 1940s-1970s, and each of her characters is thoughtfully and compassionately portrayed. Her novel is reminiscent of a British social novel, and she uses the form well. Some character chang...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:15:08 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:17:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 24 19:24:52 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 13:40:41 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:25:26 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:31:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:15:30 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:17:03 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Feb 19 19:29:29 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 19:30:04 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:43:16 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:45:04 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 01:39:29 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 01:39:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 12:00:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:00:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 13:30:12 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 11:43:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 14:06:57 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 14:06:57 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=35997