03214cam a2200397 4500 330316738 TxAuBib 20170805120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781415939697 1415939691 de319367-c4e1-4217-b8d4-c50a51b4ab75 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 123632 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss [Libby Audiobook]. Books on Tape, 2007. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 337MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 337MB. HTML:Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2006 Man Booker Prize<br /> <br /> In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace from a world he has found too messy for justice. Then his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. It's the judge's cook who watches over the young girl distractedly, for the judge's thoughts are claimed by his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS on an elusive search for a green card.<br /> <br /> Later, an Indian-Nepali insurgency in the mountains interrupts Sai's romance with her Nepali tutor and causes their lives to descend into chaos, and they are forced to confront their colliding interests. As the nation fights itself, the cook witnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded. And the judge must revisit his past and his own role in this grasping world of conflicting desires.<br /> <br /> In a generous vision, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, Desai presents the human quandaries facing a panoply of characters. This majestic novel of a busy, grasping time illuminates the consequences of colonialism and global conflicts of religion, race, and nationalism. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Critics Circle Award. Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Notable Books for Adults. Audie Award Nominee. Best Audiobooks. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-10-06 16:16:45. Simhan, Meera. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/123632-TheInheritanceOfLoss.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/123632-TheInheritanceOfLoss.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DE319367-C4E1-4217-B8D4-C50A51B4AB75&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/123632-TheInheritanceOfLoss.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/123632-TheInheritanceOfLoss.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=DE319367-C4E1-4217-B8D4-C50A51B4AB75&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)