A review by bluestarfish
Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai

3.0

Wonderfully written with great use of language. Bits of it held me enthralled, and then bits made me cringe with discomfort - but that was always the story which at moments I also felt a bit bored with. So an odd one to review or even gather my thoughts about. Anita Desai conjures up something really memorable, perhaps it's just because there is so much sadness in here too that I felt so uncomfortable? Bombay, Calcutta, Germany, Venice, internment camps, cafes, streets, race courses - all so well described and brought to life. But what a life.