Anita Desai

Anita Desai's latest book, The Artist of Disappearance, blends irony, sympathy and a clear-eyed criticism of contemporary culture, in three novellas that explore the frailty and transforming power of art. The India of Desai's childhood transformed after Partition; later she left for new homes in England and the United States, though India remains her canvas.
In this discussion, hosted by Hilary Harper, Desai offers her consideration of a broad range of topics including identity, craft and the 'tremendous changes' that have taken place in India, leaving her often feeling insulated from the real conditions of her home country.
She talks about the frustration of wishing to rewrite lines from old books; about the unfortunate occurrence of some readers taking her work as a representation of the whole of India (and its literature); about finding an unexpected feeling of belonging in Mexico and being mentored by a Polish woman during her early writing days in India.

[@shjeula9871]

her aura is so effortless

[@madeinbangladesh5307]

She is inspiration for my English literature

[@champikaliyanaarachchi3380]

Definitely a legend. The way she weaves her stories is amazing..🙂💗🙂

[@hemlatabisht4886]

The best of bests. Anita I have read you and you are so modest, calm, and unhurried just like your books❤️

[@stealthworx4371]

She has such a fabulous English accent.

[@manojitparamanik2998]

Thank you for this wonderful interview

[@vaisnaveeidayahmadoo5992]

Fasting feasting fav ❤️

[@ramdularsingh1435]

The Nobel Prize Committee Sweden can make up a bit for the fault they made through failing to award R K Narayan with the Nobel by conferring the honor on this brilliant lady Anita Desai. She will be 85 next week. Hurry up Swedes.......

[@metinyilmaz71]

Thanks.

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voices in the city

[@divyakanwar9724]

Hello mam,

[@lazee_bella]

Is she the Creater of family link?

[@bharatbhushan3070]

♥♥

[@chitraazhagarasan9557]

Really I enjoyed ur novels mam.. I wondered how students saw u as a feminist writer but I can feel only paradoxes in ur characters between truth and expectation. When truth wasn't accepted the life has no values. I felt this outcome from ur novels.