Anita Desai

Anita Desai is a magnificent writer - Salman Rushdie Every new work from her is a gift - Kamila Shamsie Rosarita is transcendent . . . a testament to Desai's enduring genius as a writer - The Guardian Tantalising - Financial Times From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and...

Re-issue of this Guardian Award-winning title in the A Puffin Book series. A story of survival set in a small fishing village near Bombay. The Village by the Sea follows Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, as they struggle to keep the family, including their two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father is usually...