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by Anita Desai · Gradiva · tapa blanda · 240 pages
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Esta obra de Anita Desai explora las complejas dinámicas familiares a través de la historia de Uma, la hija mayor que permanece atrapada en el hogar bajo la sobreprotección de sus padres. La narrativa contrasta su vida con la de sus hermanos: Aruna, quien logra un matrimonio exitoso, y Arun, el heredero que carga con las frustraciones de las expectativas familiares. A través de una galería de personajes que incluye primos y tías, la novela profundiza en temas de tradición, libertad individual y las presiones sociales en el contexto de la cultura india, ofreciendo una visión conmovedora sobre la identidad y el sacrificio personal.
Anita Desai is an Indian novelist and the emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for her novel Fire on the Mountain, from the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature. She won the Guardian Prize for The Village by the Sea (1983). Her other works include Cry, the Peacock, Voices in the City (1963), Fire on the Mountain (1977) and an anthology of short stories, Games at Twilight (1978). She is on the advisory board of the Lalit Kala Akademi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, London. Since 2020 she has been a Companion of Literature.
