The Artist Of Disappearance

Author: Anita Desai

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  • : $24.99 NZD
  • : 9780099553953
  • : Vintage Publishing
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  • : July 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long shadow, the stories move beyond the cities to places still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own way, masters of self-effacement.


Rich and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their telling, these stories remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate power of this pre-eminent writer.

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A jewel of a book from India's finest living woman writer

Author description

Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her published works include many award-winning short story collections and novels, three of which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, most recently Fasting, Feasting. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in New York State.