donnaadouglas 's review for:

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

2.0

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This book was so-so for me. I don't know much about Indians in Nepal, or the Gorkhas, or any of the events which formed the setting of this novel, and I feel that this, to some extent, impeded both my understanding and my enjoyment of it's literary merit. However, what I loved about his book were two things: First, there is a poetic quality to Desai's writing which is truly enchanting. Also, living as a 5 year immigrant in a post-Colonnial society, I feel that the novel raised a lot of interesting questions regarding where a person calls 'home', and where one's priorities and one's loyalties lie. I feel I need to do some research into the historical context of this novel in order to understand and appreciate it better.