{"product_id":"clear-light-of-day-anita-desai-paperback","title":"Clear Light of Day -- Anita Desai, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: A \"rich, Chekhovian novel\" about family and forgiveness from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eFire on the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this wonderful novel are the moving relationships between the estranged members of the Das family. Bimla is a dissatisfied but ambitious teacher at a women's college who lives in her childhood home, where she cares for her mentally challenged brother, Baba. Tara is her younger, unambitious sister, married and with children of her own. Raja is their popular, brilliant, and successful brother. When Tara returns for a visit with Bimla and Baba, old memories and tensions resurface, blending into a domestic drama that leads to beautiful and profound moments of self-understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the vividly portrayed environs of Old Delhi, \"\u003cem\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/em\u003e does what only the very best novels can do: it totally submerges us. It also takes us so deeply into another world that we almost fear we won't be able to climb out again\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anita Desai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/12\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.29\" H x 5.6\" L x 0.49\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780618074518\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54172945875243,"sku":"9780618074518","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780618074518.jpg?v=1784318997","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/clear-light-of-day-anita-desai-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}