Kiran Desai

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case. A sullen government worker, Sampath is inspired only when in search of a quiet place to take his nap. "But the world is round," his grandmother says. "Wait and see! Even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up the other side. Yes, on top of the world. He is just taking a longer route." No one believes her until, one day, Sampath climbs into a guava tree and becomes unintentionally famous as a holy man, setting off a series of events that spin increasingly out of control. A delightfully sweet comic novel that ends in a raucous bang, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780593733462
• Artikelnr.: 72489174

Autorenporträt

Kiran Desai was born in India in 1971 and educated in India, England, and the United States. She studied creative writing at Columbia University, where she was the recipient of a Woolrich fellowship. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker and Salman Rushdie's anthology Mirrorwork: Fifty Years of Indian Writing. In 2006 Desai won the Man Booker Prize for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.

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Praise for Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard:

Winner of the Betty Trask Award

"Delectable-with this sprightly first novel, Kiran Desai takes her place among the pack of gifted young Indian writers." -Wall Street Journal

"A finely tuned fable that attests to the author's pitch-perfect ear . . . The author delineates [the characters] with such with and bemused affection that they insinuate themselves insidiously in our minds." -Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

"So fresh and funny and delicious that it defies comparison." -The Times (London)

"With remarkably complex characters, unpredictable plot twists and vivid descriptions . . . A spectacularly fresh vision." -Reena Jana, San Francisco Chronicle

"Crackling, witty, sharply visual prose . . . She is a delightfully funny, amiable satirist." -The Atlantic Monthly

"There is so much to admire in this charming book, dainty in its construction but ballasted by real emotion, that to call Desai a young writer of promise would do her a disservice. On this showing she is already a finished article." -The Sunday Telegraph

"A charming, lyrical fable." -Harper's Bazaar

"[Desai's] novel exudes charisma, poetry and joy in language and life. It's a sparkling debut." -Donna Rifkind, The Baltimore Sun

"This is a beguiling novel, fresh and funny and warmhearted." -Roxana Robinson

"Kiran Desai has two remarkable gifts-of comedy and fantasy. Add to this a flair for storytelling and you have the uproarious, whimsical and occasionally stinging Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard." -Bhaswati Chakravorty, The Telegraph Calcutta

"Desai's writing is funny, often hilarious, and richly imaginative." -Globe & Mail

"Desai is a lavish, sharp-eyed fabulist whose send-up of small-town culture cuts to the heart of human perversity." -The New Yorker

"Clearly envisioned and opulently told . . . Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is as memorable as its title. With it, Desai joins the ranks of Anglo-Indian writers who have energized English literature with their imaginative, complex storytelling." -Tammie Bob, Chicago Tribune

"Lush and intensely imagined. Welcome proof that India's encounter with the English language continues to give birth to new children, endowed with lavish gifts." -Salman Rushdie

"A delicious blend of humor and magic, hilarity and wisdom-and unexpected poetry. Kiran Desai's language will continue to delight you long after the last page." -Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

"With this radiant novel, Kiran Desai parts the waters. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard evokes a bright, buoyant world, and the warmth and generosity of her writing makes for a joyous debut." -Junot Díaz

"A hullabaloo of a debut from a vibrant, creative imagination." -Gita Mehta