2007, EAN: 0143142305

[SR: 2944730], Audio CD, [EAN: 9780143142300], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2007-04-05, Penguin Audiobooks, Published to … Mehr…

[SR: 2944730], Audio CD, [EAN: 9780143142300], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2007-04-05, Penguin Audiobooks, Published to extraordinary acclaim, The Inheritance of Loss heralds Kiran Desai as one of our most insightful novelists. She illuminates the pain of exile and the ambiguities of postcolonialism with a tapestry of colorful characters: an embittered old judge; Sai, his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter; a chatty cook; and the cook's son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one miserable New York restaurant to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai's new-sprung romance with her handsome tutor, their lives descend into chaos. The cook witnesses India's hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge revisits his past and his role in Sai and Biju's intertwining lives. A story of depth and emotion, hilarity and imagination, The Inheritance of Loss tells a story of love, family, and loss., 590934, Literary Fiction, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

2007, EAN: 0143142305

[SR: 2944730], Audio CD, [EAN: 9780143142300], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2007-04-05, Penguin Audiobooks, Published to … Mehr…

[SR: 2944730], Audio CD, [EAN: 9780143142300], Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin Audiobooks, Penguin Audiobooks, Book, [PU: Penguin Audiobooks], 2007-04-05, Penguin Audiobooks, Published to extraordinary acclaim, The Inheritance of Loss heralds Kiran Desai as one of our most insightful novelists. She illuminates the pain of exile and the ambiguities of postcolonialism with a tapestry of colorful characters: an embittered old judge; Sai, his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter; a chatty cook; and the cook's son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one miserable New York restaurant to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai's new-sprung romance with her handsome tutor, their lives descend into chaos. The cook witnesses India's hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge revisits his past and his role in Sai and Biju's intertwining lives. A story of depth and emotion, hilarity and imagination, The Inheritance of Loss tells a story of love, family, and loss., 590934, Literary Fiction, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

2007, EAN: 9780143142300

National Book Critics Circle, Fiction, 2007 Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2007 At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to… Mehr…

National Book Critics Circle, Fiction, 2007 Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2007 At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, come to live with him and his chatty cook. Biju, the cook´s son, is trying to make his way in the US, flitting between a succession of grubby kitchen jobs to stay one step ahead of the immigration services. Unbeknown to any of them, a Nepalese insurgency threatens Kalimpong, impacting Sai´s blossoming romance, and causing the judge to revisit his past and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Meera Simhan. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/000561/bk_peng_000561_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge. He only wants to retire in peace, but then his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep.... English - Fiction, Penguin Audio<