by Kiran Desai · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789023420576
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«De erfenis van het verlies» is the literary fiction novel by Kiran Desai, published by De Bezige Bij in paperback (430 pages, in Dutch).
Retired judge Jemubhai Popatlal lives with his orphaned granddaughter Sai in the Himalayas; the irruption of Nepalese rebels breaks his seclusion and complicates the love between Sai and her young Nepalese teacher. In parallel, Biju, son of the house cook, struggles as an illegal immigrant in New York. The novel deals with identity, belonging and inheritance.
Winner of the 2006 Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and nominated for the Orange Prize in 2007.
Suitable for reading clubs and for readers of literary and historical fiction seeking social drama and conflicted characters.
Kiran Desai is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In 2015, The Economic Times named her one of 20 most influential global Indian women.
