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Fasting, Feasting
Fasting, Feasting is a novel by Indian writer Anita Desai, first published in 1999 in Great Britain by Chatto and Windus. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for fiction in 1999.
Plot summary.
Anita Desai's novel of intricate family relations plays out in two countries, India and the United States. The core characters comprise a family living in a small town in India, where provincial customs and attitudes dictate the future of all children: girls are to be married off and boys are
which the two female judges, writers Shena Mackay and Natasha Walter, were convinced should take the prize. Outnumbered on the panel, their opinion was nevertheless strong enough to demand expression, and the Booker Prize judges took the unprecedented step of naming Fasting, Feasting as runner-up." -Rana Dasgupta (link below)
References.
- Rana Dasgupta . Introduction to Anita Desai's Fasting, Feasting
External links.
- Book Review