The Inheritance of Loss
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The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006. It won a number of awards, including the Booker Prize for that year, the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award in 2007,[1] and the 2006 Vodafone Crossword Book Award.
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Author | Kiran Desai |
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Country | India |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Set in | Kalimpong and the United States, 1986 |
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Publication date | 31 August 2006 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 336 (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 0-241-14348-9 (hardback) |
OCLC | 65764578 |
823.92 | |
LC Class | PS3554.E82 I54 |
Preceded by | Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard |
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It was written over a period of seven years after her first book, the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.[2][3] Among its main themes are migration, living between two worlds, and between past and present.