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Fasting, Feasting
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3 out of 5
Based on 33 Ratings and 33 Reviews

Book Description
Anita Desai's new book, hailed as "unsparing, yet tender and funny,"* brilliantly confirms her place among today's foremost Indian writers. FASTING, FEASTING takes on Desai's greatest theme: the intricate, delicate web of family conflict. It tells the moving story of Uma, the plain older daughter of an Indian family, tied to the household of her childhood and tending to her parents' every extravag... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
BindingKindle Edition (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages240
ISBN-10B003KK5DWC
Publication Date01/03/2000
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About Anita Desai (Author) : Anita Desai is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Anita Desai include Fasting, Feasting, Journey to Ithaca, The Home and the World (Penguin Twentieth Century Clas... more
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