The artist of disappearance : three novellas /

"Written late in Anita Desai's illustrious career, these three novellas ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and dreams and its realities. Set in India in the not too distant past, the stories' diverse surroundings...

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Main Author: Desai, Anita, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2011]
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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