Diamond Dust

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 207, [5, blank]. Grey cloth lettered in gilt to spine; navy endpapers. Jacket design by Stephen Parker.

A collection of short stories spanning two continents and exploring the ever-blurring line between traditional ties and personal freedom. By the thrice Booker-shortlisted author for her novels Clear Light of Day (1980), In Custody (1984), and Fasting, Feasting (1999). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Anita Desai is Emerita Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"Throughout this nicely textured, intelligent collection, Desai graces her characters with supple and elegant prose, subtle insights and, above all, an understated, humane sense of comedy." –Sylvia Brownrigg, The New York Times Book Review