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100			_aDesai, Kiran _93161
245			_aThe inheritance of loss
260			_bPenguin -- _aHaryana -- _c2006
300			_a324p.
520			_a In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an 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 from 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 consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world.
650			_aLiterature _98773
650			_aAmerican fiction _99078
650			_aTeenage girls _99079
650			_aGrandfathers _99080
942			_cBK