Frases de Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai é uma escritora indiana, Residente Permanente dos Estados Unidos da América, cujo livro The Inheritance of Loss venceu o Man Booker Prize em 2006.

Filha da novelista Anita Desai, a sua educação dividiu-se entre a Índia, Reino Unido e Estados Unidos da América, onde estudou na Universidade de Columbia. Tornou-se, em 2006, a mulher mais jovem a vencer o Man Booker Prize. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. Setembro 1971
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Kiran Desai: Frases em inglês

“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?”

Kiran Desai livro The Inheritance of Loss

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“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.”

Kiran Desai livro The Inheritance of Loss

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“Sadness was so claustrophobic.”

Kiran Desai livro The Inheritance of Loss

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“A journey once begun, has no end”

Kiran Desai livro The Inheritance of Loss

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“I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.”

Kiran Desai Talk Asia interview http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/talkasia.desai/ (April 24, 2007), CNN

“I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.”

an interview with kiran desai http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0599/desai/interview.html, Random House

“In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.”

Kiran Desai on the Costs Of Literary Celebrity http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117701272922375905.html (April 21, 2007) by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, The Wall Street Journal

“New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans.”

"I am envious of writers who are in India" http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/envious-of-writers-who-are-in-india-kiran-desai/1/180336.html (October 30, 2006), Interview by Nabanita Sircar, India Today

“I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere”

Interview http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/oct/12/bookerprize2006.thebookerprize (12 October 2006), The Guardian

“The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.”

"I am envious of writers who are in India" http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/envious-of-writers-who-are-in-india-kiran-desai/1/180336.html (October 30, 2006), Interview by Nabanita Sircar, India Today