by Kiran Desai
This majestic novel of our busy, grasping times illuminates the consequences of colonialism and global conflicts of religion, race and nationalism.
Description
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace from a world he has found too messy for justice, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorsteps. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are claimed by his on, Biju, who is hopscotching from a gritty New York restaurant to another on an elusive search for a green card.
When an Indian-Nepali insurgency in the mountains interrupts Sai’s romance with her Nepali tutor, and causes their lives to descend into chaos, they are forced to consider their colliding interests. The cook witnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded. And the judge must revisit his past, and his own journey and role in their intertwining histories.
Related products
-
-50% Off
Original price was: 5,00 €.2,50 €Current price is: 2,50 €.by John Updike
A deftly satirical portrait of life and love in a suburban town as only Updike can paint it.
No one else comes even close to Heinlein in consistently fusing scientific thinking with fictional form.
-
-50% Off
Original price was: 4,00 €.2,00 €Current price is: 2,00 €.Jason Bourne Series #4
by Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
Jason Bourne returns from the shadows as the world’s nr 1 assassin … and the world’s nr 1 target.
-
-50% Off
Original price was: 5,00 €.2,50 €Current price is: 2,50 €.Star Wars: The Black Fleet Crisis #1
by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
In the blockbuster bestselling tradition of Heir to the Empire comes this thrilling addition to the Star Wars(r) saga, as peace gives way to a new threat…
-
-50% Off
Original price was: 5,00 €.2,50 €Current price is: 2,50 €.by Arthur C. Clarke
From Martians to Magi, here is Arthur C. Clarke’s unforgettable tour of the Universe – known, unknown and yet to come.
