Clear Light of Day
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Clear Light of Day

by Anita Desai

1980•Drama•183 pages

Taste attributes: dramafamilyhistoricalslowrealisticsimpleglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeAn intimate, grounded novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.0 / 5

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About This Book

Set in India's Old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai's tender, warm, and compassionate novel about family scars, the ability to forgive and forget, and the trials and tribulations of familial love. At the novel's heart are the moving relationships between the members of the Das family, who have grown apart from each other.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaFamilyHistoricalComplex relationshipTroubled leadsHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

SistersWomenIndia

Details

Author
Anita Desai
Published
1980
Pages
183
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