{"product_id":"the-artist-of-disappearance-isbn-9780547840123","title":"The Artist Of Disappearance","description":"Finalist for the Pen\/Faulkner Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The excellent  strength [the novellas] share is a gracefulness and dreamlike sonority,  reminiscent of writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and W.G. Sebald, wherein  strange evolutions of solitary lives are the rule, and readers are held  by the stately, hypnotic dignity of the voice that tells them.” – \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet  in modern India, these three novellas move beyond the cities to places  still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own  way, masters of self-effacement. An unnamed government official is  called upon to inspect a faded mansion of forgotten treasures where he  discovers a surprise \"relic.\" A translator blurs the line between writer  and translator, and in so doing risks unraveling her desires and  achievements. In the title novella, a hermit hidden away in the woods  with a secret is discovered by a film crew, which compels him to  withdraw even further until he magically disappears . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich  and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their  telling, these novellas remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate  power of this pre-eminent writer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Desai, at her best, offers enchanting, subtle, and deeply observed portraits of layered characters trapped between worlds.” – \u003cem\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lingers in the memory the same way these landscapes and people of India prove impossible to forget.” – \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"[Q]uiet, meticulous, unflinching meditations on the trajectories of three contemporary lives, and on the Indian cultures and landscapes that helped shape them.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] collection of three superb novellas…. deceptively subtle, slightly surreal and profoundly insightful fiction of a world-class writer...These evocative stories about art and culture are sewn deeply into the fraying fabric of modern-day India. The only thing little about this book is its size.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...eloquent and understated...[Desai's prose is] distinguished by its sober, often bracing prose, its patient eye for all-telling detail and its humane but penetrating intelligence...\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Desai] proves you can go home again...stirring...\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In three ensnaring novellas of consummate artistry and profoundly disquieting perceptions, master storyteller Desai reflects on the transforming power and devastating limitations of art... Desai’s provocative and mysterious tales of displacement trace the reverberations when the dream of art collides with crushing reality.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...poignant and wry...a deft exploration of the limits people place on themselves by trying to cling to the past.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This collection leaves an indelible impression of the conflicts and ambitions found in a region riddled with conflict.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890163904741,"sku":"NP9780547840123","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780547840123.jpg?v=1730232666","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-artist-of-disappearance-isbn-9780547840123","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}