Anita Desai

Anita Desai's most recent novel is The Zigzag Way. (July 2007)

From the Review

July 19, 2007: What If?

A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories by Primo Levi, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein and Alessandra Bastagli

April 6, 2006: Pilgrim's Progress

Two Lives by Vikram Seth

September 22, 2005: A Shadow World

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

December 2, 2004: Backstage in the Tropics

The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser

June 12, 2003: Revenge Tragedy

The Light of Day by Graham Swift

December 19, 2002: Cards of Identity

The Secret by Eva Hoffman

December 21, 2000: Passion in Lahore

Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid

October 8, 1998: The Crack In the China

Death in Summer by William Trevor

March 3, 1994: Damsels in Distress

Women Writing in India, Vol. II: The Twentieth Century edited by Susie Tharu, edited by K. Lalita

May 27, 1993: Sitting Pretty

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

January 16, 1992: 'Women Well Set Free'

Women Writing in India Vol. I: 600 BC to the Early Twentieth Century edited by Susie Tharu, edited by K. Lalita

Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India edited by Kali for Women, Introduction by Meena Alexander

June 27, 1991: India: The Seed of Destruction

December 6, 1990: Jews, Indians, and Imperialists

India's Bene Israel: A Comprehensive Inquiry and Sourcebook by Shirley Berry Isenberg

Jews in British India: Identity in a Colonial Era by Joan G. Roland

Books by Anita Desai

Diamond Dust (2000)
Diamond Dust: Stories (2000)
Fasting, Feasting (2000)
Fasting, Feasting (1999)
Journey to Ithaca (1995)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1989)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
In Custody (1984)
In Custody (1984)
The Village By the Sea: An Indian Family Story (1982)
Clear Light of Day (1980)
Games at Twilight; And Other Stories (1978)
Games at Twilight: And Other Stories (1978)
Fire on the Mountain (1977)