Born and educated in India, Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories, and has three times been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and though she lives in New York State, each year she spends time in India and Cambridge UK. In Custody was filmed by Merchant Ivory.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Cry, the Peacock (1963)
Voices in the City (1965)
Bye-Bye, Blackbird (1968)
The Peacock Garden (1974)
Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975)
Fire on the Mountain (1976)
Clear Light of Day (1980)
The Village By the Sea (1982)
In Custody (1984)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
Journey to Ithaca (1995)
Fasting, Feasting (1999)
The Zigzag Way (2004)
Voices in the City (1965)
Bye-Bye, Blackbird (1968)
The Peacock Garden (1974)
Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975)
Fire on the Mountain (1976)
Clear Light of Day (1980)
The Village By the Sea (1982)
In Custody (1984)
Baumgartner's Bombay (1988)
Journey to Ithaca (1995)
Fasting, Feasting (1999)
The Zigzag Way (2004)
Collections
Games At Twilight (1978)
Scholar and Gypsy (1996)
Diamond Dust (2000)
The Artist of Disappearance (2011)
The Complete Stories (2017)
Collected Stories (2021)
Scholar and Gypsy (1996)
Diamond Dust (2000)
The Artist of Disappearance (2011)
The Complete Stories (2017)
Collected Stories (2021)
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Anita Desai
Award nominations
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