In Custody
A Literature, Asian Literature, Poetry book. I have read one other novel by Anita Desai, so I was aware of the fine, detailed prose I...
A classic from one of India?s greatest writers with a stunning new cover in water colour .In this sensitive portrayal of human nature, Anita Desai, one of India?s foremost writers, paints an intimate portrait of lives impacted by the quest for identity and purpose. Deven, a Hindi lecturer in small-town Mirpore, lives a humdrum existence. A chance to interview Nur?India?s greatest living Urdu poet?offers...
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- Pages: 248 pages
- ISBN: 9788184000139 / 8184000138
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I have read one other novel by Anita Desai, so I was aware of the fine, detailed prose I would be served. The depth of the characters, their frailty and limitations etch an accurate portrait of small-town India in the 80s. It is difficult to hold on to a gut response in the matter of characters as almost each one is all too real in... there's no question the woman can write, but i can't say i'm really enjoying this, and after being battered by her daughter's booker winner, i think i may need to give this up. Deven, a professor of Hindi in Mirpore college, lives morose life full of certainty and stagnancy. His is the 'life of non happenings'. When his childhood friend Murad provides him with an opportunity to interview his hero, the grand Urdu poet Nur, he sets out on an adventure to only realize the frugality and futility of his friendship...
