Clear Light of Day

Name: Clear Light of Day - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9781784873929
Price: 275.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Anita Desai

Formats & Editions

Paperback

Buy from..

About the book

**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**

Discover the classic, Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel from one of India's finest ever writers.

To the family living in the shabby, dusty house in Delhi, Tara's visit brings a sharp reminder of life outside tradition. For Bim, coping endlessly with their problems, there is a renewal of the old jealousies for, unlike her sister, she has failed to escape.

Looking at both the cruelty and the beauty of family life and the harshness of India's modern history, Clear Light of Day brilliantly evokes the painful process of confronting and healing old wounds.

'Clear Light of Day does what only the best novels can do; it totally submerges us.' Anne Tyler

About the Author

Anita Desai

Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her novels Fasting, Feasting, Clear Light of Day and In Custody, were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In Custody was filmed by Merchant Ivory Productions. Anita Desai is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. She lives in New York State, and spends time each year in India and the UK.