Clear Light of Day
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Clear Light of Day
Anita Desai
Literature
James Mustich
Aug 8, 2018
The success of the Indian independence movement, which ended British rule in 1947, has always been tempered by a painful legacy: the partition of the British raj into two sovereign states, divided by religion. The creation of Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan bred years of violence and displacement that have matured into permanent unrest. And as Anita Desai shows in Clear Light of Day, a moving and atmospheric novel suffused with heat, sound, and heartache, the partition of India cleaved families apart as well. Filled with insight into the legacy of partition, Clear Light of Day is very much a family novel. It’s a story of secrets, regrets, jealousy, commitment, forgiveness, and love, through which Desai evokes the easy-to-mask but impossible-to-disguise verity that one can never leave one’s family.
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