Book Summary of The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard,
was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now
Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency
challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the
foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to
retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter Sai arrives on his
doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches over her, but his thoughts are
mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotching from one New York restaurant
job to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS, forced to
consider his country's place in the world. When a Nepalese insurgency in
the mountains threatens Sai's new-sprung romance with her handsome
Nepali tutor and causes their lives to descend into chaos, they, too,
are forced to confront their colliding interests. The nation fights
itself. The cook witnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded.
The judge must revisit his past, his own role in this grasping world of
conflicting desires-every moment holding out the possibility for hope
or betrayal. A novel of depth and emotion, Desai's second,
long-awaited novel fulfills the grand promise established by her first.
Details of Book: The Inheritance of Loss
| Book: | The Inheritance of Loss |
| Author: | Kiran Desai |
| ISBN: | 0871139294 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780871139290,978-0871139290 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publishing Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Edition: | First Edition |
| Number of Pages: | 324 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 9.25 x 7.09 x 1.1 inches |
| Weight: | 572 grams |
| Awards: | 2006 The Man Booker Prize Winner |
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