Kiran Desai
(daughter of writer Anita Desai)
Born: September 3rd 1971 - New Delhi, India
novelist
You can catch more flies with honey than with sour milk.
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
But Sampath sat in the guava tree, encased in absolute stillness like a forest captured within a quiet moment of amber.
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Yes, he was in the right place at last. Tiredness rolled over him like a wave, and closing his eyes, he fell into a deep slumber, lodged in a fork in the guava tree.
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths.
- The Inheritance of Loss
Why couldn't she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else's life.
- The Inheritance of Loss
Never again could she think there was but one narrative and that this narrative belonged only to herself, that she might create her own tiny happiness and live safely within it.
- The Inheritance of Loss
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