Baumgartner's Bombay - by Anita Desai (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era is the story of the profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The book follows Hugo Baumgartner as he leaves behind Nazi Germany and his Jewish heritage for Calcutta, only to be imprisoned as a hostile alien and then released to Bombay at war's end.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A beautifully written, richly textured, and haunting story (Chaim Potok), BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY is Anita Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era, a story of profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The novel follows Hugo Baumgartner as he flees Nazi Germany -- and his Jewish heritage -- for India, only to be imprisoned as a hostile alien and then released to Bombay at war's end. In this tale of a man who, like a figure in a Greek tragedy . . . seems to elude his destiny (NEW LEADER), Desai's capacious intelligence, her unsentimental compassion (NEW REPUBLIC) reach their full height.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Beautifully written, richly textured . . . [a] haunting story. -- Chaim Potok <p/>A triumph. New Republic<br>
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