Clear Light of Day
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Clear Light of Day

Anita Desai
3.72
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Subtly evokes the traumatic history of India after the British departed in a haunting story of a Hindu family in Old Delhi and the relationships among four absorbing people
Genres: FictionIndiaHistorical FictionIndian LiteratureLiterary FictionLiteratureAsiaNovels20th CenturyWomens
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