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Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard , was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter Sai arrives on his doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches over her, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotching from one New York restaurant job to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS, forced to consider his country's place in the world. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai's new-sprung romance with her handsome Nepali tutor and causes their lives to descend into chaos, they, too, are forced to confront their colliding interests. The nation fights itself. The cook witnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge must revisit his past, his own role in this grasping world of conflicting desires-every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal. A novel of depth and emotion, Desai's second, long-awaited novel fulfills the grand promise established by her first.
作者简介
基兰·德赛，1971年出生于印度，15岁时定居英国，目前是美国哥伦比亚大学写作班的一名学生。德赛的母亲阿妮塔·德赛也是非常知名的作家，她自1980年起就曾三次进入布克奖的总决选名单，可惜从未折桂。阿妮塔曾经劝说女儿不要进入这个行列，理由是写作太难。而女儿最终以自己的成就给予母亲最大的安慰和回报。基兰·德赛的处女作《番石榴园的喧哗》曾受到各方的一致赞誉。2006年她凭借第二部长篇小说《失落》（The Inheritance of Loss，又译为《失落之遗产》）获得布克奖，成为有史以来赢得该奖项的最年轻的女作家。
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一个陌生的国度，陌生的历史，陌生的生活...普通人生命的片段展现一个国家一段历史,陌生而新奇,沉重而无奈.
评分to tell the truth. I didn't finish it, though I made my attempts. Maybe I am prejudiced. Never found any contemporary writer from India or Pakistan really interesting. (anyone who want to beat me for this: u r welcome to recommend ur favorite) At least this...
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评分在帕慕克的身边，有一个皮肤黝黑的高个子女性，当帕慕克和接待方交谈时，她会帮帕慕克拿起刚脱下的外套，并为帕慕克拍照。但当帕慕克和众人合影时，她却总是悄悄地走开。她就是2006年度布克小说奖获得者、印度女作家基兰•德赛。 5月22日上午，帕慕克演讲后，即席回答...
评分在帕慕克的身边，有一个皮肤黝黑的高个子女性，当帕慕克和接待方交谈时，她会帮帕慕克拿起刚脱下的外套，并为帕慕克拍照。但当帕慕克和众人合影时，她却总是悄悄地走开。她就是2006年度布克小说奖获得者、印度女作家基兰•德赛。 5月22日上午，帕慕克演讲后，即席回答...
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