by Anita Desai · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070404711
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«Où irons-nous cet été ?» is the novel by Anita Desai, published by Gallimard in the Folio collection in paperback (196 pages, in French).
A novel of Indian literature centered on family relationships and the search for identity. The author interweaves the emotional bonds, internal tensions and desires for change of her characters, with an intimate and reflective tone that invites thought about one's own life.
French edition of 1998; the original title is «Where Shall We Go This Summer?» (1991); translation by Anne-Cécile Padoux.
For readers of Indian literature and intimate narrative about family and identity.
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.
