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Literary Fiction · MelancholicA retired judge in the Himalayas, his orphaned granddaughter and a cook's son in New York
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
2006336 pagesModerate readSlow pace
★ Booker Prize, 2006
Two lives, in the Himalayas and in New York
In Kalimpong, in the Himalayan foothills, the retired judge Jemubhai Patel lives with his granddaughter Sai and his cook. The cook's son, Biju, is working in restaurants in New York, while a local insurgency begins to threaten the household. It won the 2006 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Sai, the judge and the cook, and Biju.
World
Kalimpong in India and New York City.
What makes it different
It follows two worlds linked by one family.
Feel
Rich and bittersweet.
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Further reading
- The Inheritance of LossWikipedia