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Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

Title: The Inheritance of Loss
Description: London, Hamish Hamilton, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel by Kiran Desai. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This stunning work is the second novel of Indian author Kiran Desai. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006 and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award 2007. The novel follows the lives of Biju, an illegal immigrant in the US trying to make a living as a chef, and Sai, the orphaned granddaughter of Biju's father living in Kalimpong. This novel is a tumultuous exploration into multiculturalism and migration and presents the disparity between past and present. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, with minor shelf wear only. Small ink drawing to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Kiran Desai first edition dust wrapper fiction first edition None

Price: GBP 35.00 = appr. US$ 49.98 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 883Q28

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