by Anita Desai
This is one of the few cases where I have watched the movie before reading the book. Having watched the amazing movie couple of years back and Anita Desai’s name raised my expectations really high.Deven is a Hindi lecturer, living a modest life in a small town. But nothing is okay in his life. His w...
Didn't grab me, I'm afraid
Could I have the story of Imtiaz Begin instead? The ineffectual and cowardly Deven frustrated me, while Anita Desai's writing kept me engaged in her story, and her scene-setting, her ability to create the space of the story is so strong I feel like I'd recognise Mirpore if you dropped me there. At t...
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