The Resource The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
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- Summary
- In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai. Kiran Desai's tragicomic novel The Inheritance of Loss spans two continents and three generations. The story cuts between New York and India, contrasting the menial jobs and meager conditions of immigrant life in the city with the political unrest engulfing an isolated Himalayan hill town
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Label
- The inheritance of loss
- Title
- The inheritance of loss
- Statement of responsibility
- Kiran Desai
- Subject
-
- Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction
- trueInterethnic relations
- trueJudges -- Retirement
- Judges -- Retirement -- Fiction
- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India) -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- Middle-aged men -- Fiction
- trueModernization (Social sciences)
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueNationalism
- trueNew York City -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Orphans -- Fiction
- truePolitical fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueSocial change
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueTeenage romance
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- trueClass conflict
- Domestic fiction
- trueEast Indians in the United States
- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- trueGrandfather and granddaughter
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- trueHimalaya Mountains region
- trueHope
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueInsurgency
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai. Kiran Desai's tragicomic novel The Inheritance of Loss spans two continents and three generations. The story cuts between New York and India, contrasting the menial jobs and meager conditions of immigrant life in the city with the political unrest engulfing an isolated Himalayan hill town
- Summary
- In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai
- Award
-
- Booker Prize, 2006.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2006.
- ALA Notable Book, 2007.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- Awards note
- Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2006.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 138578
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Desai, Kiran
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.E82
- LC item number
- I54 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India)
- Grandparent and child
- Judges
- Tutors and tutoring
- Ethnic relations
- Teenage girls
- Grandfathers
- Middle-aged men
- Orphans
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14938490
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Lccn
- 2005052416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm61228799
- Label
- The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14938490
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Lccn
- 2005052416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm61228799
Subject
- Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction
- trueInterethnic relations
- trueJudges -- Retirement
- Judges -- Retirement -- Fiction
- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India) -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- Middle-aged men -- Fiction
- trueModernization (Social sciences)
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueNationalism
- trueNew York City -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Orphans -- Fiction
- truePolitical fiction
- Psychological fiction
- trueSocial change
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueTeenage romance
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- trueClass conflict
- Domestic fiction
- trueEast Indians in the United States
- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- trueGrandfather and granddaughter
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- trueHimalaya Mountains region
- trueHope
- trueIndia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueInsurgency
Genre
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePolitical fiction
- truePsychological fiction
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2007
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2006
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction
- trueMan Booker Prize
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