'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie'Every new work from her is a gif...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1999 BOOKER PRIZEUma, the plain, spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian fam...

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awake...

This Man Booker Prize finalist is a “splendid novel” about siblings and their very di...

Eric is an uncertain, awkward young man, a would-be writer, and a traveller in spite of himself. ...

**A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ PICK**Discover the classic, Man Booker Prize shortlis...

A stunning new collection of short stories about motherhood, selected and introduced by Candice B...

In this book, Yuxia Qian and Rukhsana Ahmed explore health acculturation, which they argue is a c...

Touching and wonderfully funny, In Custody is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a smal...

A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in moder...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"e;To read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is to regard the ...

The Village by the Sea is a survival story by the novelist Anita Desai. Set in a small fishing vi...