{"product_id":"baumgartners-bombay-9780618056804","title":"Baumgartner's Bombay","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesai, Anita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ANITA DESAI is the author of \u003ci\u003eFasting, Feasting, The Art of Disappearance, The\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eZig Zag Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. Three of her books have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Desai was born and educated in India and now lives in the New York City area.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514274222354,"sku":"9780618056804","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a729459b-1026-40df-82e2-62b60d2aa627.jpg?v=1730977811","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/baumgartners-bombay-9780618056804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}