- Fiction, Social life and customs, Indic Poets, Interviews
The book 'In Custody" , shortlisted for booker prize, is contemplated with various concerning issues of the World specifically India. These themes are status of Urdu Language in India, psychological and sociological elements of Indians and their traditions, the Scheming World , etc.
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Classical in form, contemplative, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Anita Desai
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- Heinemann, Penguin Books Ltd, Vintage
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140239324
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Anita Mazumdar Desai was born in 1937.
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