The Inheritance of Loss-A Book Review
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai is an extremely well-written story of a family living in the Himalayas. Sai, a young girl; her grandfather, the cynical judge; the cook and his son, Biju; Gyan, Sai's tutor; two elderly sisters; two elderly gentlemen; form the cast of characters in the book.
The author has finely etched all the characters and fleshed them out into very real and lifelike individuals whom you can understand, sometimes hating them, sometimes loving them, but never able to ignore them.
The book deals with young love, cynicism, political insurgency, immigration, nationalism, idealism and confusion faced by people who are strangers in their own land.
Bottomline: Excellent read; beautiful descriptions.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai is an extremely well-written story of a family living in the Himalayas. Sai, a young girl; her grandfather, the cynical judge; the cook and his son, Biju; Gyan, Sai's tutor; two elderly sisters; two elderly gentlemen; form the cast of characters in the book.
The author has finely etched all the characters and fleshed them out into very real and lifelike individuals whom you can understand, sometimes hating them, sometimes loving them, but never able to ignore them.
The book deals with young love, cynicism, political insurgency, immigration, nationalism, idealism and confusion faced by people who are strangers in their own land.
Bottomline: Excellent read; beautiful descriptions.
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