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The Complete Stories by Anita Desai

tchaikovskys_ghost's review

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inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

echitchins's review

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

raulbime's review

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4.0

Great collection of short stories, I especially liked the first half, but all of them were fantastic. The prose here was stunning, some of the most stunning prose I've ever read. The stories stretch from Bombay to Canada; from a child's aching discovery that he could be forgotten to the value of art to an artist in desperate conditions to earn, a broad range of themes tackled and executed well.

However, I read the short stories only. The three novellas that are collected here are collected elsewhere together too, and I hope to read them sometime this year.
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