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"Novel tells the story of Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a judge living out a disenchanted retirement in Kalimpong, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai."
"Orpheline à 16 ans, après des années passées chez les bonnes soeurs, Sai se retrouve chez son grand-père, juge à la retraite dans le nord de l'Inde. Biju, le fils du cuisinier, s'est expatrié à New-York. Sa quête d'identité passe par la solitude, l'exploitation puis le retour au pays. L'histoire d'êtres dépouillés de leur culture, déçus par l'Occident et qui cherchent à recouvrer leur dignité."
"In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace with his orphaned granddaughter."
"At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, and his cook's son hopscotching from one New York restaurant to another, trying to stay ahead of the US immigration services, this is far from easy."@en
"In the north-eastern Himalayas, at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga, in a crumbling isolated house, there lives a cantankerous old judge, who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and the son of his chatty cook trying to make his way in the US and stay a step ahead of the immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens the blossoming romance between Sai and her handsome tutor, they, too, are forced to consider their colliding interests. And the judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires - every moment holding out the possibility of hope or betrayal."
"At Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, and his cook's son trying to stay ahead of the US immigration, it isn't easy."@en
"In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai."
"In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai."@en
"An orphan is raised by her uninterested grandfather and his distracted cook leaving her to become romantically involved with her tutor in a relationship that becomes complicated when there is an Indian-Nepali insurgency."
"Als een Indiaas meisje verliefd wordt op een Nepalese jongen, krijgen beiden te maken met identiteitsproblemen."
"In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, who comes to live with him and his chatty cook. When Sai arrives on the doorstep, the judge's cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another."
"At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. With the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, and his cook's son hopscotching from one New York restaurant to another, trying to stay ahead of the US immigration services, this is far from easy."
"At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. With the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, and his cook's son hopscotching from one New York restaurant to another, trying to stay ahead of the US immigration services, this is far from easy."@en
"An embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace lives in a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over Sai distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another."@en
"In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judgeʼs cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desaiʼs brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world. Winner of 2006 Man Booker Prize."
"In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judgeʼs cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another. Kiran Desaiʼs brilliant novel, published to huge acclaim, is a story of joy and despair. Her characters face numerous choices that majestically illuminate the consequences of colonialism as it collides with the modern world. Winner of 2006 Man Booker Prize."@en
"An embittered judge who only wants to retire in peace at his house in the isolated Himalayas, but an orphaned granddaughter arrives on his steps."@en
"Desai's second novel is set in the nineteen-eighties in the northeast corner of India, where the borders of several Himalayan statesBhutan and Sikkim, Nepal and Tibetmeet. At the head of the novel's teeming cast is Jemubhai Patel, a Cambridge-educated judge who has retired from serving a country he finds "too messy for justice." He lives in an isolated house with his cook, his orphaned seventeen-year-old granddaughter, and a red setter, whose company Jemubhai prefers to that of human beings."
"At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, come to live with him and his chatty cook. Biju, the cook's son, is trying to make his way in the US, flitting between a succession of grubby kitchen jobs to stay one step ahead of the immigration services. Unbeknown to any of them, a Nepalese insurgency threatens Kalimpong, impacting Sai's blossoming romance, and causing the judge to revisit his past and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires."

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"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Belletristische Darstellung"@en
"Familjeromaner"@sv
"Electronic books"@en
"Powieść indyjska"@pl
"Contemporary fiction"@en
"Contemporary Fiction"@en
"Popular literature"
"Literary fiction"@en
"Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)"@en
"Translations"
"Translations"@he
"Roman indien (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise"
"Psychological fiction"@en
"Psychological fiction"
"Fiction"@he
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
"Genres littéraires"
"Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
"Adult book club bags"@en
"Indic fiction (English)"
"Indické romány (anglicky)"
"Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
"Romans (teksten)"
"Domestic fiction"@en
"Domestic fiction"
"Powieść amerykańska"@pl
"Large type books"
"Large type books"@en

name

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"The inheritence of loss"
"Brzemię rzeczy utraconych"
"Brzemię rzeczy utraconych"@pl
"<&gt"@he
"A herança do vazio"
"De erfenis van het verlies"
"Nasledena zaguba"
"Senja di Himalaya = The inheritance of loss"
"Inheritance of loss"@en
"Erbin des verlorenen Landes : Roman"
"继承失落的人"
"La perte en hřitage"
"Nasledstvo razorennykh"
"El legado de la pérdida"
"El legado de la pérdida"@es
"El Legado de la pérdida"
"继承失落的人 = The inheritance of loss"
"The inheritance of Loss"@en
"The inheritance of Loss"
"El legado de la perdida"
"Dediščina izgube"@sl
"Eredi della sconfitta"@it
"Eredi della sconfitta"
"Erbin des verlorenen Landes Roman"
"Erbin eines verlorenen Landes : Roman"
"La perte en héritage"
"Trôi giạt"
"Bittert arv"@sv
"Ji cheng shi luo de ren = The inheritance of loss"
"Yerushah shel uvdan"
"The Inheritance of loss"@en
"The Inheritance of loss"
"Bilupitra smirti"
"The Inheritance of Loss"@en
"The Inheritance of Loss"
"Dědictví ztráty"
"繼承失落的人"
"Menetyksen perintö"@fi
"Menetyksen perintö"
"Inheritance of Loss"
"Ji cheng shi luo de ren"
"La perte en héritage : roman"
"Di sản của mất mát"
"The inheritance of loss : a novel"@en
"The inheritance of loss : a novel"
"Det tabte land"
"Det tabte land"@da
"Di inheriṭans ôpha lôsa"
"ירושה של אובדן"
"The inheritance of loss"
"The inheritance of loss"@en

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