Author: Anita Desai
Title: Baumgartner&Apos;S Bombay
Description: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A pristine signed first edition of Anita Desai's fascinating novel, which blends her experiences as the daughter of a German immigrant and a Bengali businessman. Signed by the author to the title page.This story follows the life of a German Jew who flees the Nazis to India to remake his life. After four decades, Hugo Baumgartner feels to have completely escaped the life that once threatened him in Europe. But when he meets a young German boy, his past feels all too close once more..Written by Anita Desai, an Indian novelist who has been shortlisted thrice for the Booker Prize. Her daughter Kiran Desai is also a successful novelist.With the ownership inscription of Kerry O'Neill.The first edition of this work, complete with an excellent unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper, which is protected in mylar, is in excellent condition. Signed by the author to the title page; prior owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Anita Desai Baumgartner's Bombay Modern Fiction Indian Literature Baumgartner's Bombay Immigrant Fiction None


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