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  1. "The Artist of Disappearance" tells of Ravi, an adult living in the burned remains of the family home. As Ravi's story evolves, his sensitivity to the world around him becomes clear, and his understanding of aesthetics regarding the natural world is particularly sophisticated. Ravi has created a hidden garden which represents the essence of ...

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  2. 20. Nov. 2012 · The Artist of Disappearance: the last words are "journey down to the plains." Location: 795 of 801 Location: 795 of 801 My rating: 1/2 star for Kindle version, but Ms. Desai probably deserves at least 3 stars if I could read the rest of each of the stories I was able to start!

  3. 11. Dez. 2011 · The Artist of Disappearance. Three Novellas. Anita Desai. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 156 pp., $23. In changing India, where deep-rooted tradition meets the great, cruel engine of unbridled ...

  4. Artists of a frozen world – Anita Desai’s new stories. The title story of Anita Desai’s new book – a collection of three novellas – is about an introverted man named Ravi who goes to the city as a youngster, fails to adjust to life there, and returns to his Mussoorie home after his mother’s death. Back in the hills and now unmoored ...

  5. 6. März 2024 · Anita Desai The Artist of Disappearance Summary. The hill is now deserted and serves as a retreat, with only the burnt-out remains of a house remaining. Ravi spends his evenings on the stone steps of the house, listening for the sounds of animals returning to the homestead below. The arrival of the animals, including goats and a cow, signals ...

  6. The Artist of Disappearance: Three Novellas. Anita Desai. Vintage, 2012 - Fiction - 156 pages. A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long shadow, the stories move beyond the cities to places still haunted by the past, and to characters who are ...

  7. The three novellas in Anita Desai's new collection, The Artist of Disappearance, are filled with disappointments in human nature, inciting a melancholy that is hard to shake.