Diamond Dust and Other Stories [Import] [Paperback]

Anita Desai (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: VINTAGE (RAND); New Ed edition (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099289644
• ISBN-13: 978-0099289647
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,014,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond Dust is full of treasures of short stories!, May 16, 2007

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This review is from: Diamond Dust and Other Stories (Paperback)

If you don't know Anita Desai, the Indian-German writer and author, you should get to know her. She might be the next Nobel Prize winner in literature. This compilation of short stories was picked up by me at a drugstore for only a dollar. The short stories include in this selection are Royalty, Winterscape about an Canadian Indian man and his unusual parentage, Diamond Dust which is truly a tragedy about a beloved animal, Underground about a British couple traveling abroad, The Man Who Saw Himself Drown is an unusual but entertaining story, The Artist's Life, Five Hours to Simla or Faisla, Tepozlan Tomorrow, and The Rooftop Dwellers. Desai's writing style is packed with details and information about the characters, the setting, and the story involved. Desai's writing style is easy to read but you have to read closely to really appreciate her style and language use. I loved Winterscape the best so far, broke my heart in Diamond Dust, was amused by a man who saw himself drown and lived to tell about it, and I'm working through the rest but I bet she doesn't disappoint her readers.