About Anita Desai
Born and educated in India, Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories, and has three times been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and though she lives in New York State, each year she spends time in India and Cambridge UK. In Custody was filmed by Merchant Ivory.
Novels
Cry, the Peacock (1963)
Voices in the City (1965)
Bye-Bye, Blackbird (1968)
The Peacock Garden (1974)
Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975)
Fire on the Mountain (1976)
Clear Light of Day (1980)
The Village By the Sea: An Indian Family Story (1982)
In Custody (1984)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
Journey to Ithaca (1995)
Fasting, Feasting (1999)
The Zigzag Way (2004)
Voices in the City (1965)
Bye-Bye, Blackbird (1968)
The Peacock Garden (1974)
Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975)
Fire on the Mountain (1976)
Clear Light of Day (1980)
The Village By the Sea: An Indian Family Story (1982)
In Custody (1984)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
Journey to Ithaca (1995)
Fasting, Feasting (1999)
The Zigzag Way (2004)
Collections
Games At Twilight: And Other Stories (1978)
Scholar and Gypsy (1996)
Diamond Dust: And Other Stories (2000)
The Artist of Disappearance (2011)
Scholar and Gypsy (1996)
Diamond Dust: And Other Stories (2000)
The Artist of Disappearance (2011)
Non fiction
Awards
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Anita Desai recommends
 In the City by the Sea (1998) Kamila Shamsie "Lively, playful, provocative." |
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