Anita Desai's new characters search for wholeness

Anita Desai's new characters search for wholeness At the age of 74, Anita Desai's prose and storytelling seem to have arrived at a level that only 50 years of writing can give. So her three novellas in 'The Artist of Disappearance' make you want to savour the narratives and plots which few writers in English can today attempt to write. In an interview after the book's publication, Desai said the three stories were based on memory and...
11:43 AM, Sep 19, 2011

'Anatomy of a Disappearance' is short yet detailed

'Anatomy of a Disappearance'  is short yet detailed New Delhi: Hisham Matar's background has a particular resonance at the moment, with the momentous and violent events taking place in Libya. His father was a political dissident opposed the Gaddafi regime, and the family were forced to flee their home and went to live in Egypt. It was from Cairo that his father was abducted, never to be seen again by Matar, although he was reported to be imprisoned...
06:27 PM, Jun 01, 2011

'Buddha Boy' disappears again

'Buddha Boy' disappears again Media dubbed him 'Buddha Boy' after supporters said he had been meditating for months without food, water or sleep. ...
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