The Inheritance of Loss
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| Author | Kiran Desai |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
| Released | 31 August 2006 |
| Media Type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 336 hardback edition); 357 p. (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0241143489 (hardback) & ISBN 0802142818 (paperback) |
The Inheritance of Loss is a novel by Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006 and won the Man Booker Prize for that year.
Desai's second book, it was written while the author was studying creative writing at Columbia University in New York City.[1] Among its main themes are migration and living in between two worlds and in between past and present.
Set in the 1980s, the book tells the story of Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a judge living out a disenchanted retirement in Kalimpong, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai. Another element in the novel is the encroachment on their lives by a band of Nepalese insurgents. Another concern of the novel is the life of Biju, the son of Mr. Patel's cook, an illegal immigrant in New York.
In November 2006, it was reported that the inhabitants of Kalimpong were angered by what were allegedly negative stereotypes of Indian Nepalese people in the novel[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Booker Prize Foundation (10 October 2006). The Inheritance of Loss Wins the Man Booker Prize 2006. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
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