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The UN Women/USNC Gulf Coast Book Club met on Monday, June 13,2016 to discuss The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Desai won the Man Booker Prize in 2006, among many other awards. Her mother is Anita Desai, also an award-winning writer, who we read last year with great interest and pleasure. Kiran writes in an exquisite style laced with poetic metaphors, fraught with tensions among a kalediscope of characters who live near the Darjeeling Hills of northern India during the 1980s when a revolution exploded for the independence of Ghorkhaland for Nepalis in India. Far-reaching effects of colonialism mark the isolated grandfather judge, who learned self-loathing under the Raj, along with aunties of a certain age. The judge's grand-daughter, Sai, loses both scientist parents in Russia to a car accident, and finds a lonely refuge in his sprawling, decrepit home. The cook's son, Biju, finds only suffering in the dungeons of undocumented immigrants in America's cities, until he desperately returns to his father, losing everything along the way. Desai describes the myriad characters' lives as rather idyllic until history catches up with them and everyone feels the inheritance of their losses. In Desai's words:
This was how history moved, the slow build, the quick burn, and in an incoherence, the leaping both backward and forward, swallowing the young into old hate. The space between life and death, in the end, too small to measure.


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The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2015802142818 Books Reviews

A book written with such insight and understanding of the Indian Psyche. A journey of hope, disappointment and joy with humour and aching descriptions of Indians abroad. I loved every single page. I had to sit and read it to my mother who lived in Darjeeling because she kept putting it off and I wanted to share the poignant moments with her. one word..... "Exqusitie"! Makes me a humble author almost despair that I could never measure up to this.......!
Although not an easy, breezy read The Inheritance of Loss is worth your time. It is difficult for a number of reasons the poverty, the politics of colonialism and it's long-term effects, the caste system, the violence. But the characters come alive and the book has history, humor, a bit of love and love spurned and it really makes you think. It makes you think hard about the politics of poverty, about travel to poor countries, about immigration issues and about how we have a long way to go to bring about equity and compassion to these difficult political issues. The title of the book says it all - for some people it is difficult to escape their inheritance - whether that is an inheritance of privilege or of loss.
I couldn't get past the first few chapters. We got this as a book club book and ended up cancelling that month. Out of the 5 of us, only one made it to the 50% mark
In this book there are a several beautifully written life truths about the fragility of life and fragility of human spirit when it comes to what we allow to consume us. This was not a pAge turner for me and, while I liked the characters they felt a little underdeveloped and the plot was slow moving. Seemed like if I read it with someone who was aware of the author's deeper meanings it may have lent more depth to my experience.
a very enjoyable read. The author has a marvellous vocabulary, which when combined with a wonderful understanding of human behavior keeps the reader in thrall with the colorful narrative.
As I came to the last few pages of this awesome novel, I said to myself, If they do not find the dog, I am going to burn this book.

This book is not one you will skim through. The story and the characters are complex as is the land and times they live in. So much of the book made me smile and laugh out loud. But there were numerous times I wanted to shout at the people and the situations. I have spent time in India and know its contradictions. I know how frustrating it is for a westerner to deal with its customs. But there is so much truth in this book that it was worth reading and rereading.

I recommend it to those readers willing to make an effort, but not to anyone who reads solely for pleasure and entertainment. I think you will be rewarded.
I listened to the book, did not read it. The reader was just right. I listened to each CD a few times to get the full flavor of it, and because there’s a lot going on. Beautifully written, well deserved the Booker prize. It did what novels I really admire do, showed characters bent by the worlds they inhabit, showed a sweep of history, a large social landscape. It’s grim, and frightening, but the grimness is alleviated by the warmth, wit, humor, geniality. The book begs for a sequel—I’m totally committed to these characters. Author, author sequel, please!

I don't get why the ranking isn't a lot higher than it is.
The UN Women/USNC Gulf Coast Book Club met on Monday, June 13,2016 to discuss The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai. Desai won the Man Booker Prize in 2006, among many other awards. Her mother is Anita Desai, also an award-winning writer, who we read last year with great interest and pleasure. Kiran writes in an exquisite style laced with poetic metaphors, fraught with tensions among a kalediscope of characters who live near the Darjeeling Hills of northern India during the 1980s when a revolution exploded for the independence of Ghorkhaland for Nepalis in India. Far-reaching effects of colonialism mark the isolated grandfather judge, who learned self-loathing under the Raj, along with aunties of a certain age. The judge's grand-daughter, Sai, loses both scientist parents in Russia to a car accident, and finds a lonely refuge in his sprawling, decrepit home. The cook's son, Biju, finds only suffering in the dungeons of undocumented immigrants in America's cities, until he desperately returns to his father, losing everything along the way. Desai describes the myriad characters' lives as rather idyllic until history catches up with them and everyone feels the inheritance of their losses. In Desai's words
This was how history moved, the slow build, the quick burn, and in an incoherence, the leaping both backward and forward, swallowing the young into old hate. The space between life and death, in the end, too small to measure.