Diamond Dust Other Stories

Release on 2011-12-20 | by Anita Desai

They sparkle, not with the brash glitter of rhinestones, but with the intenser, more complex fire of real diamonds' THE TUVES 'Anita Desai is one of the most brilliant and subtle writers ever to have ... Diamond Dust is a gem of a ...

Author: Anita Desai
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781448104543
Category: Fiction
Page: 224
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Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as Desai trains her luminous spotlight on private universes from India to Canada and New England, from Cornwall to Mexico. Her protagonists set out on journeys and find themselves suddenly beyond the pale, or surprisingly back where they started from. Caught up in cycles of hope and disappointment, their lives are ruled by the seasons, or straitjacketed by the conventions of hospitality, friendship and family. In the title story, a beloved dog, black as Satan, brings nothing but disaster; in another, a business man away from home sees his own death; and elsewhere, old relationships stir up buried resentments, issues demand commitment - or escape. And in the final quiet masterpiece, one of Delhi's girls of slender means finds a kind of joy and freedom in a strange rooftop community.

Language: en
Pages: 224

Diamond Dust & Other Stories

Authors: Anita Desai

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-20 - Publisher: Random House

Language: en
Pages: 304

Diamond Dust

Authors: Peter Lovesey

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-07-01 - Publisher: Soho Press

Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. His beloved wife has been killed, apparently just the most recent victim in a series of murders of police spouses. Despite his superior's orders to leave the solution of this crime to other members of