The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories

Summary

The Complete Stories gathers together Anita Desai's short story collections Diamond Dust and Games at Twilight and the novellas of The Artist of Disappearance, with a new preface from the author. From the icy suburbs of Canada to the overcrowded B&Bs of Cornwall, via the hill towns and cities of India, Anita Desai observes human behaviour unflinchingly but not unkindly, recognising our ordinariness and our strangeness, and capturing both with quiet precision.

Reviews

  • Anita Desai is one of the greats of the modern short story ... The whole collection breathes old-style quality
    Phil Baker, The Sunday Times

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Anita Desai

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