Baumgartner's Bombay - Rilegato

Desai, Anita

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ISBN 10: 0394572297 ISBN 13: 9780394572291

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1989

Riassunto

An outsider in India, where he has fled from Nazi Germany, Hugo Baumgartner finds his painful past dredged up when he offers to help a wild young German hippie

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Recensione:

“Beautifully observed... Recovers a lost slice of history in its portrayal of a wounded survivor.” – Observer

“Hugo Baumgartner, the central character of Anita Desai’s dazzling novel, is a wandering Jew all his life. From the agonizing scenes of his childhood in pre-war Berlin, through his spell in business in Calcutta and then Bombay, he
simply does not belong. Too dark for Hitler’s society, he is too fair for India; he remains a firanghi, a foreigner, wherever he goes.” – Daily Telegraph

“Cleverly constructed, and full of sharp perceptions about human nature under the skin, whatever the colour.” – The Times
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L'autore:

Anita Desai was born and educated in India. Her novels Fasting Feasting, Clear Light of Day and In Custody were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge. She teaches in the Writing Program at M.I.T. and divides her time between India, Massachusetts and England.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394572297
• ISBN 13: 9780394572291
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida