![]() ![]() ![]() Kiran Desai was born on September 3, 1971, in New Delhi, India, the youngest of the four children of Anita and Ashvin Desai. Given its popularity, the novel was still in print as of 2008 it was reissued as an Anchor paperback in 1999. The town has a mixed culture of traditional Indian social norms and of modern life, wherein the runaway Sampath Chawla, who just wants to be left alone, is forced into being a holy man in spite of himself. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard presents a fictitious small town called Shahkot in North India. Her work explores the toll that these cultural divides have taken on India's population.ĭesai's work is known for its rich and colorful language, and detailed presentations of setting and character. Desai, like other Indian writers in English, combines these elements of India's traditions and history with a secular emphasis on storytelling. It also has a history of political strife among those groups, exacerbated by the interference of British colonialism and modern globalization. India is home to many religious groups, including Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims. Indeed, many expatriate Indian novelists have gained international attention, including Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, and Anita Desai (Kiran Desai's mother). ![]() She is the voice of a younger generation of Indian writers who write in English, many of whom live in self-exile. Kiran Desai's debut novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), made the author an instant success at the age of twenty-seven. ![]()
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