| Baumgartner's Bombay Contributor(s): Desai, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618056807 ISBN-13: 9780618056804 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era is the story of the profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The book follows Hugo Baumgartner as he leaves behind Nazi Germany and his Jewish heritage for Calcutta, only to be imprisoned as a hostile alien and then released to Bombay at war's end. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Jewish |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00037024 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A beautifully written, richly textured, and haunting story (Chaim Potok), BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY is Anita Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era, a story of profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The novel follows Hugo Baumgartner as he flees Nazi Germany -- and his Jewish heritage -- for India, only to be imprisoned as a hostile alien and then released to Bombay at war's end. In this tale of a man who, like a figure in a Greek tragedy . . . seems to elude his destiny (NEW LEADER), Desai's capacious intelligence, her unsentimental compassion (NEW REPUBLIC) reach their full height. |
Contributor Bio(s): Desai, Anita: - ANITA DESAI is the author of Fasting, Feasting, Baumgartner's Bombay, Clear Light of Day, and Diamond Dust, among other works. Three of her books have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Desai was born and educated in India and now lives in the New York City area. |