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Games at Twilight and Other Stories

by Anita Desai · 1978

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First published in 1978 and now reissued in a new cover style, a collection of 11 short stories from the author of BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY. Includes tales about an American wife who, homesick for rural Vermont, turns to the hippies of the Indian hills for consolation; and a painter who renders pictures of creatures he has never seen.

Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AsiaSouth AsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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