Clear Light of Day
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (646 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060110791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 540 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The volume’s profound theme is the tension between convention and exploration, family solidarity and individualism An admirable humane and responsible achievement.” – Hermione Lee, Observer“One of the most brilliant and subtle writers ever to have described the meeting of eastern and western culture.” – Alison Lurie . “As finely written atmospheric pieces alone the stories would be memorable As social documents they are absorbing
"Beautifully accomplished" according to HORAK. Anita Desai's short stories reflect the kaleidoscope of modern Indian life. They are set in contemporary Bombay and other cities and they evoke the colours, sounds, smells and white-hot heat of Indian cities. The stories are peopled with intensely individual characters: there is a painter living in a slum who fills his paintings with landscapes, birds and flowers he has never seen. There is an American woman who turns to the hippies in the In. Anita Desai: One of the Most Infleuncial Authors of out Time Anita Desai is a very famous author from India. In her story, "Games at Twilight," a peaceful game of hide & seek turns into an unforgettable nightmare for one boy.
Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, these stories reflect the kaleidoscope of urban life - evoking the colour, sounds and white-hot heat of the city. Warm, perceptive, humorous and touched with sadness, Anita Desai’s stories are peopled with intensely individual characters - the man spiritually transformed by the surface texture of a melon; the American wife who, homesick for the verdant farmlands of Vermont, turns to the hippies in the Indian hills; the painter living in a slum who fills his canvasses with flowers, birds and landscapes he has never seen.