i le fuaitau o loo i lalo ona tali lea o le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava lea e tasi e pei o le fuaitau: Passage: Na lolomiina e Desai lana tusi muamua, Cry The Peacock, i le 1963. Na ia manatu i le Clear Light of Day (1980) o lana galuega sili ona autobiographical e pei ona setiina i le taimi o lona matua ma i le pitonuu lava e tasi na ia ola aʻe ai.I le 1984, na ia lolomiina I le Nofoaga Faʻasao <unk> e uiga i se tusisolo Urdu i ona aso faʻaitiitia <unk> lea na filifilia mo le Booker Prize.I le 1993, na avea ai o ia ma faiaoga tusitusi fatufatuaʻi i le Massachusetts Institute of Technology.O le 1999 Booker Prize finalist novel Fasting Feasting na faʻateleina ai lona lauiloa. O lana tusi, The Zigzag Way, na faʻatulagaina i le seneturi lona 20 Mekisiko, na faʻaalia i le 2004 ma lana faʻaputuga fou o tala pupuu, The Artist of Disappearance na lolomiina i le 2011.Desai na aʻ
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