The Inheritance of Loss
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives and embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge’s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching form one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desai’s Brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequence of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
This is an absorbing and informative novel on a grand scale that exposes the turbulent political landscape of post-colonial India and its interaction with the rest of the world.
The Inheritance of Loss is set in India in the mid 1980’s and tells the story of an old embittered judge. The characters struggle with their cultural identity.