{"product_id":"the-inheritance-of-loss-kiran-desai-9780141027289","title":"The Inheritance of Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003eHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOmschrijving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiran Desai's extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Man Booker Prize winning novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphan granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A Magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Man Booker Prize judges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poised, elegant and assured . . . breaks out into extraordinary beauty' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Desai's bold, original voice, and her ability to deal in a grand narratives with a deft comic touch that affectionately recalls some of the masters of Indian fiction, makes hers a novel to reread and remembered' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProductspecificaties\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuteur:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kiran Desai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUitgever:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBindwijze:\u003c\/strong\u003e B-format paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerschijningsdatum:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2008-08-28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAantal pagina's:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141027289\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThema:\u003c\/strong\u003e Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/strong\u003e FICTION \/ Literary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOver de auteur\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiran Desai \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e, which won both the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intertaal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56354483241300,"sku":"9780141027289","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/0538\/0692\/files\/9780141027289.jpg?v=1783583162","url":"https:\/\/intertaalid.nl\/products\/the-inheritance-of-loss-kiran-desai-9780141027289","provider":"Intertaal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}