The Washington Post, May 28th, 2000
In Anita Desai's reckoning, one and one do not make two. They make three, four even. In her logic, if you are a compound of two cultures, you are more likely fractured in myriad ways, launched on a lifetime of shapeshifts and in-betweens. It is a theme she has explored in numerous quietly lyrical, profoundly moving works, among them the short story collection Diamond Dust and the novels Clear Light of Day, Baumgartner's Bombay and, most recently, Fasting, Feasting. She is, to other hybrids like her, an enlightened voice in an increasingly variegated world. Desai is the daughter of a Bengali an...
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