India Pack - 2003

by Kiran Desai, Manju Kapur

Contains Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Kiran Desai is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States. She is the daughter of the noted author Anita Desai.

Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), gained accolades from notable figures including Salman Rushdie, and went on to receive the Betty Trask Award. Her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss (2006), won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.

Reviews

[Danilo DiPietro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proxy for ‘An Unashamed Proposal’ - New Yorker short story discussed w Ann’s book club. Unsparing, almost clinical look at mixed race relationships in NYC. Very compelling.