Anita Desai

Jan 8, 2025 | kansascity.com | Anita Desai

How well do any of us know our parents? It's an elusive question. Most of us spend lots of time with them but certain parts of their lives are generally (and understandably) off-limits. How much is shared with the kids varies widely from family to family. All of that fits perfectly with Anita Desai's elusive novella "Rosarita," in which the main character, a woman from India named Bonita, learns she can't even be sure of her mother's name.

Dec 27, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Anita Desai |Kristin Hannah |Colleen Hoover

A dramatic, vividly detailed reconstruction of a little-known aspect of the Vietnam War. Awards & Accolades Likes 257 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A young woman’s experience as a nurse in Vietnam casts a deep shadow over her life.

Aug 7, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Anita Desai |Anusua Mukherjee |R. Ramachandran |Vivek Narayanan

When Anita Desai, the grande dame of Indian English literature, publishes a new book, it is an event to be celebrated. For a generation that has grown up reading Desai (her Sahitya Akademi Award–winning 1977 novel, Fire on the Mountain, was included in university syllabi), another novel from her is like a much-awaited letter from a beloved friend that you read and reread with joy, savouring each inflection of the familiar voice.

Jul 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Anita Desai

Mother Country By Picador 112pp £12.99 Subscribe or Sign In to read the full article For People Who Devour Books...

Jun 26, 2024 | waterstones.com | Taffy Brodesser-Akner |Satoshi Yagisawa |Costanza Casati |Anita Desai

With its warm-hearted quirkiness and insights into Japanese culture, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop became one of the sleeper hits of last year - and this July the delightful sequel arrives as a real treat for all bibliophiles. In addition, Constanza Casati weaves another deft exploration of women in ancient history with Babylonia and the eagerly-awaited new novel from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of the hugely acclaimed Fleishman in Trouble.