The Resource The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
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- Summary
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- In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai
- Kiran Desai's tragicomic novel The Inheritance of Loss spans two continents and three generations. The story cuts between New York and India, contrasting the menial jobs and meager conditions of immigrant life in the city with the political unrest engulfing an isolated Himalayan hill town
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Label
- The inheritance of loss
- Title
- The inheritance of loss
- Statement of responsibility
- Kiran Desai
- Subject
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- Domestic fiction
- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fictional Works
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- Judges -- Retirement -- Fiction
- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India) -- Fiction
- Older men -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai
- Kiran Desai's tragicomic novel The Inheritance of Loss spans two continents and three generations. The story cuts between New York and India, contrasting the menial jobs and meager conditions of immigrant life in the city with the political unrest engulfing an isolated Himalayan hill town
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Desai, Kiran
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3554.E82
- LC item number
- I54 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grandparent and child
- Judges
- Tutors and tutoring
- Ethnic relations
- Teenage girls
- Grandfathers
- Older men
- Orphans
- Psychological fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India)
- Label
- The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 61228799
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Lccn
- 2005052416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The inheritance of loss, Kiran Desai
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 61228799
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871139290
- Lccn
- 2005052416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Domestic fiction
- Ethnic relations -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fictional Works
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- Judges -- Retirement -- Fiction
- Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India) -- Fiction
- Older men -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Tutors and tutoring -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
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