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The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
"The telegrams in those days had arrived via postal runner who ran shaking a spear from village to village. “In the name of Queen Victoria let me pass,” he sang in a high voice, although he neither knew nor cared that she was long gone."
The Inheritance Of Loss is a Man broker prize winner (2006) by Kiran Desai. The book is based on a number of themes including:
• Post colonial life, where the loss identity is felt, and this sense of loss is inherited by next generations. It shows how people fail to get rid of their colonial habits.
• The duality of temptation and disgust with which western modernity is seen upon.
• The rich- poor divide.
• Migration
• Struggle between past and present
Among book’s main characters are Sai, an anglicized Indian girl, who fells in love with her tutor, Gyan. Gyan struggles through out the book in choosing between his love and his supposed responsibilities towards his family and community.
Sai’s grandfather, who was a judge in colonial times is seen lost in reflections regarding his own life. - How upon returning home after completing his studies, he had found his Indian identity lost.
Biju, Sai’s cook’s son, is an illegal migrant to U. S. A.
The picture of the country drawn, thus, is gloomy, comprehensive though not as comprehensive as Rushdi’s Midnight Children.
The book shows the ease with which a champion can handle these themes. The general tone is light and frequently humorous.
The only problem, as far as I'm concerned was that it seems to move a little too slowly.
The Inheritance Of Loss is a Man broker prize winner (2006) by Kiran Desai. The book is based on a number of themes including:
• Post colonial life, where the loss identity is felt, and this sense of loss is inherited by next generations. It shows how people fail to get rid of their colonial habits.
• The duality of temptation and disgust with which western modernity is seen upon.
• The rich- poor divide.
• Migration
• Struggle between past and present
Among book’s main characters are Sai, an anglicized Indian girl, who fells in love with her tutor, Gyan. Gyan struggles through out the book in choosing between his love and his supposed responsibilities towards his family and community.
Sai’s grandfather, who was a judge in colonial times is seen lost in reflections regarding his own life. - How upon returning home after completing his studies, he had found his Indian identity lost.
Biju, Sai’s cook’s son, is an illegal migrant to U. S. A.
The picture of the country drawn, thus, is gloomy, comprehensive though not as comprehensive as Rushdi’s Midnight Children.
The book shows the ease with which a champion can handle these themes. The general tone is light and frequently humorous.
The only problem, as far as I'm concerned was that it seems to move a little too slowly.