# The Artist of Disappearance

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- Book: [The Artist of Disappearance](https://www.bookquiver.com/anita-desai/the-artist-of-disappearance) ([The Artist of Disappearance.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anita-desai/the-artist-of-disappearance.md))
- Authors: [Anita Desai](https://www.bookquiver.com/anita-desai)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9955-395-3
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2012-08-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A triptych of beautifully crafted novellas make up Anita Desai's exquisite new book. Set in modern India, but where history still casts a long shadow, the stories move beyond the cities to places still haunted by the past, and to characters who are, each in their own way, masters of self-effacement. Rich and evocative, remarkable in their clarity and sensuous in their telling, these stories remind us of the extraordinary yet delicate power of this pre-eminent writer.