The Inheritance of Loss

Desai, Kiran

ISBN 10: 0241143489 / ISBN 13: 9780241143483

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2006

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Fine condition.Hamish Hamilton,2006.First UK edition-7th printing.Brown hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.The book is new with light shelf wear on the outer edges of the pages(slightly yellow),small nick on the edge of the pages.324pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook's son trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens Sai's blossoming romance with her handsome tutor they are forced to consider their colliding interests. The judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Inheritance of Loss
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241143489
• ISBN 13: 9780241143483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-7th printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

The Inheritance of Loss Desai, Kiran

About the Author

Kiran Desai was born in India in 1971. Her last book was the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Educated in India, England, and the United States, she continues, like the characters in this book, to divide her time between places, with mixed results.