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Book Review of Fasting, Feasting

Fasting, Feasting
Fasting, Feasting
Author: Anita Desai
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


A novel of an Indian family (in India and in America), I found this book a little too sad for my taste. The main female character lives a wasted life in many ways, unfulfilled as she missed out on her expected social role: a suitor rejected her, a marriage had to be annulled, and she never married again, considered to be "unlucky". Her brother, the baby of the family, led a pampered yet restricted life and finds life in America (at college) difficult.