Sunday, 21 October 2012


Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. London: Penguin, 2010.

Orphan Sal Mistry is sent from her school at the foot of the Himalayas to live with her grandfather a retired judge. He lives in a dilapidated house a cook and his dog Mutt. Sal criticises  the pretentious Indian ladies who scorn the Nepalese boys wanting independence.

As  for the judges own son, he has been sent to the United States he wanders from job to job and longs for home. The lyrical writing  crafts a mountainous  world of fog, mist and lush vegetation. As for the message, everyone is described as losing something precious.

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