The Inheritance of Loss (Hardcover)
Description
The author of the acclaimed "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" takes readers to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency in Nepal challenges the old way of life--and opens up a grasping world of conflicting desires.
Praise for The Inheritance of Loss…
“If book reviews just cut to the chase, this one would simply read: This is a terrific novel! Read it!” –Ann Harleman, The Boston Globe
“One of the most impressive novels in English of the past year, and I predict you’ll read it…with your heart in your chest, inside the narrative, and the narrative inside you.” –Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
“[An] extraordinary new novel…lit by a moral intelligence at once fierce and tender.” –Pankaj Mishra, front-cover review in The New York Times Book Review
“If God is in the details, Ms. Desai has written a holy book. Page after page, from Harlem to the Himalayas, she captures the terror and exhilaration of being alive in the world.” –Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan
