{"product_id":"brief-encounters-fire-on-the-mountain-paperback","title":"Brief Encounters: Fire On The Mountain (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVivid and alive, this powerful novella about one woman's belated rebellion against the powers that be is Anita Desai at her finest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNanda Kaul retreats to a quiet house in the hills, determined to live out her days in solitude. But the arrival of her great-granddaughter disrupts the stillness she has carefully built, bringing with it memories she would rather leave behind. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFire on the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e is Anita Desai’s subtle, haunting novel of isolation and memory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBorn and educated in India, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnita Desai\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of many novels and short stories, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Custody\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFasting, Feasting\u003c\/span\u003e. She is the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Royal Society of Literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619886915791,"sku":"9781529986044","price":22.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_6c6bb925-39ae-4984-a549-8260c936a67b.jpg?v=1784793176","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/brief-encounters-fire-on-the-mountain-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}