{"product_id":"fasting-feasting-9780618065820","title":"Fasting, Feasting","description":"\u003cb\u003eHailed as \"unsparing, yet tender and funny,\" \u003ci\u003eFasting, Feasting\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"splendid novel\" about siblings and their very different lives in India and America. \u003ci\u003e(The Wall Street Journal)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFasting, Feasting\u003c\/i\u003e tells the moving story of Uma, the plain older daughter of an Indian family, tied to the household of her childhood and tending to her parents' every extravagant demand, and of her younger brother, Arun, across the world in Massachusetts, bewildered by his new life in college and the suburbs, where he lives with the Patton family. \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and bleakly comedic, \u003ci\u003eFasting, Feasting\u003c\/i\u003e explores family dynamics in opposing cultures. Desai has a gift for conveying \"the tangled complexities of Indian tradition with an economy of language that is clean, simple and elegantly straightforward. (The Denver Post)\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":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618281492754,"sku":"9780618065820","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_65291ee8-d100-44a6-80e9-b1fb0f2f12cf.jpg?v=1732530118","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fasting-feasting-9780618065820","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}