New Windmills: the Village by the Sea

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Author:

Desai, Anita

ISBN:

978-0-435-12290-4

Publication Date:

May 1989

Publisher:

Pearson Education

Imprint:

Heinemann Educational Publishers

Book Format:

Hardback

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Book Description:

One of a series of classic fiction for schools, this novel won the 1982 "Guardian" Award for Children's Fiction. As the eldest children of a poor family in India, 13-year-old Lila and her younger brother have to cope when their parents cannot support them.

Book Details

Pages:	160
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Native American
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	13.6 x 19.4 x 1.2 cm
Book Weight:	0.22 Kilograms

Author Biography

Desai, Anita (Author)

Anita Desai was born in Mussoorie, India, in 1937 of Indian and German parentage. Her works focus on relationships and family life in India, particularly the problems of women in Indian society. She has written for both adults and children, winning the Winifred Holtby Prize from the Royal Society of Literature for Fire on the Mountain (1977) and the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction for her novel The Village by the Sea (1982). Among her numerous other honors is a Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library in 1993.

Desai came to America in 1987. She has taught at Mount Holyoke College, Baruch College, and Smithe College. Desai is currently Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at MIT.

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