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Desai Kiran: The Inheritance of Loss

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house — home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays; his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor; the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City; and Mutt, the judge's beloved dog. Around the house swirls mountain mist — but…

Десаи Киран: Наследство разоренных

Скачать книгу (размер 2 171 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 427) Аннотация: Замечательный роман, получивший широкое признание, — это история о радости и отчаянии. Герои стоят перед жизненным выбором — остаться в стране с колониальным наследием или вырваться в современный мир. Перевод с английского Ю.А. Балаян.

Desai Kiran: The Inheritance of Loss

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This stunning second novel from Desai (Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard) is set in mid-1980s India, on the cusp of the Nepalese movement for an independent state. Jemubhai Popatlal, a retired Cambridge-educated judge, lives in Kalimpong, at the foot of the Himalayas, with his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook. The makeshift family's neighbors include a coterie of Anglophiles who might be…