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The Artist of Disappearance
Anita Desai
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
December 2011
On Sale: December 6, 2011
176 pages ISBN: 0547577451 EAN: 9780547577456 Kindle: B005LVR6LE Hardcover / e-Book
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"Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Anita Desai
ruminates on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and
the sharp divide between life’s expectations and its
realities in three perfectly etched novellas. Set in India
in the not-too-distant past, the stories’ dramas illuminate
the ways in which Indian culture can nourish or suffocate.
All are served up with Desai’s characteristic perspicuity,
subtle humor, and sensitive writing. Overwhelmed by their own lack of purpose, the men and women
who populate these tales set out on unexpected journeys that
present them with a fresh sense hope and opportunity. Like
so many flies in a spider’s web, however, they cannot escape
their surroundings—as none of us can. An impeccable
craftsman, Desai elegantly reveals our human frailties and
the power of place."
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