The Best Of Anita Desai (Clear Light Of Day, Baumgartner's Bombay, In Custody In One Pack)

Anita Desai is one of India's foremost writers. A leading light in a preeminent line of Indian writers, she has been likened to E.M. Forster and Jane Austen, gaining a faithful and steady following - many of whom grew up reading or studying her. Anita Desai has authored sixteen works of fiction, among them Clear Light of Day, In Custody, and Fasting, Feasting - all three shortlisted for the Booker Prize - as well as Baumgartner's Bombay. In Custody tells the now-famous story of Deven, a Hindi lecturer at Lala Ram Lal College, who is asked to interview Nur, India´s greatest Urdu poet, and finds instead a debauched old man who lives in the lanes behind Jama Masjid - a far cry from the idol of his youth. What will become of poor Deven as he attempts to record Nur's work for posterity? Both comic and deeply tragic, In Custody is Anita Desai at her very best. Clear Light of Day spans the post-independence years in Delhi from the 40s to the 80s through the eyes of two sisters, Tara and Bim. As their many family tensions come to a head - Bim has not spoken to their brother Raja for years and refuses to go to his daughter's wedding, and Tara feels the persistent guilt of having, like the others, abandoned Bim - they recall the drama of Partition and communal riots. For here is both the tale of modern India and that of a family's struggle against disintegration. Clear Light of Day is vintage Anita Desai, a novel as wonderfully contemplative as a cup of afternoon tea. Set in Berlin, Venice, Calcutta - and of course Bombay - Baumgartner´s Bombay is the story of the twentieth century; Hugo Baumgartner is a firanghi wherever he goes - too dark for Hitler´s Germany, too fair for India - but finds a home in multitudinous Bombay. Then, one day at the Café du Paris, one of his regular haunts, he encounters a surly young German of the new order - a drug-crazed hippie who will change Baumgartner´s life forever.

ISBN: 9788184000177
Author: Desai, Anita
Published by: RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
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The Music Room

When Namita is ten, her mother takes her to Kennedy Bridge, a seamy in Mumbai. There, in a cramped one room flat, lives Dhondutai. Despite her squalid surroundings, Dhondutai is special. For she is the only remaining student of the finest singers of the Jaipur gharana: the legendary Alladiya Khan and renowned songbird, Kesarbai Kerkar. Dhondutai is the keeper of the gharana's secrets and of their rarest compositions. And yet for all her devotion to music, Dhondutai herself has never achieved fame. Namita begins to learn singing from Dhondutai, at first reluctantly and then with growing passion. Dhondutai sees in her a second Kesar, but does Namita have the dedication? Or will there always be too many late nights and cigarettes? The Music Room is the story of Namita and her teacher; of the charismatic Alladiya Khan; and of the foul-mouthed and bewitching Kesarbai. At its heart is Dhondutai, shy, diffident yet full of determination. Beautifully written, full of anecdotes, gossip and legend, it is a stunning book.

ISBN: 9788184000122
Author: Devidayal, Namita
Published by: RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
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The Sirens Of Baghad (Reprint)

The third novel in Yasmina Khadra's bestselling trilogy about Islamic fundamentalism brings readers into Baghdad. Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade Iraq, a young man from a small desert village returns home, where he witnesses three events that transform him. First, American soldiers at a checkpoint kill the sweet and beloved "village idiot." Several days later, an American plane bombs a wedding on the outskirts of the village. And then one night, soldiers looking for terrorists come to the young man's own home and humiliate his father in full view of the terrified family. Consumed by the desire to avenge this unspeakable act, the youth leaves the village for the city. Baghdad is going up in flames. The young man searches for a place to stay before being taken in by a radical group and convincing its members that he is willing to do anything to help their cause. After proving his mettle by participating in several attacks, he is sent to Beirut to undertake a super-secret mission that will take him to London. As the time to board the plane nears, he struggles to reconcile his mission with his moral principles. A masterful and chilling look at violence and its effects on ordinary people, The Sirens of Baghdad probes situations few writers dare examine. Powerfully written like Khadra's previous novels, it explores the depths of human nature and shows that, even in the most horrific circumstances, good can prevail.

ISBN: 9788184000436
Author: Khadra, Yasmina
Published by: RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
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The Young Black Stallion

ISBN: 0679813489
Author: Farley, Walter, Farley, Steven
Published by: Random House
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Unaccustomed Earth

Everyone has their secrets. In her stunning new collection of stories, Jhumpa Lahiri gently lifts the veil to reveal how even the most ordinary lives have their dramas and tragedies and then, as gently, lets it fall back down again. A middle-aged man discovers that the death of his wife opens up his world in unexpected ways, his daughter worries that she will now have to look after him but finds that the tables, in fact, have turned; a housewife falls in love with a family friend, her child ascertains her secret years on; a young man and woman whose lives cross over the years, finally and fatedly fall in love. Unaccustomed Earth returns to the terrain - the heart of family life and the immigrant experience- that Jhumpa Lahiri has made utterly hers, but her themes, this time around, have darkened and deepened. Poised, nuanced, deeply moving, this is a superb book.

ISBN: 9788184000207
Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa
Published by: RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
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Word Smart

ISBN: 0375762183
Author: Robinson, Adam
Published by: Random House
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog

Fifteen-year-old Christopher has a photographic memory. Heunderstands maths. He understands science. What he can not understand are otherhuman beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog lying dead on the lawn, hedecides to track down the killer and write a murder mystery about it. But whatother mysteries will he end up uncovering?

ISBN: 0099456761
Author: Haddon, Mark
Published by: Random House
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Home

Banwari Lal, the family patriarch, is a survivor of India's partition who reinvented the family business destroyed in Lahore. He is a firm believer in the continuity of time-honoured customs. With each generation, however, the tradition he embodies is questioned. His sons Yashpal and Pyarelal are the uncertain bearers of the family's future, the reluctant witnesses to their children's struggle with aspirations that are unique from their own. Nisha, Yashpal's daughter, becomes the first woman in the family to acquire higher education. She comes to represent the uneasy coexistence of tradition and modernity that defines this extraordinary novel.

ISBN: 9788184000337
Author: Kapur, Manju
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The Black Tulip

ISBN: 0375760830
Author: Bearden, Milt
Published by: Random House
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The Black Statllion And Satan

ISBN: 0679813462
Author: Farley, Walter
Published by: Random House
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The Black Stallion Returns

ISBN: 0679813446
Author: Farley, Walter
Published by: Random House
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The Black Stallion

ISBN: 0679813438
Author: Farley, Walter
Published by: Random House
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