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Fire On The Mountain
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529986044
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $24.00

Fire On The Mountain

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20 Oct 2026
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1 Dec 2010
Paperback
15 Mar 2001
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Embark on a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Anita Desai, a master observor of human connection, in this poigniant novella about family, female oppression and unexpected freedoms.

Vivid and alive, this powerful novella about one woman's belated rebellion against the powers that be is Anita Desai at her finest.

Nanda 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. Fire on the Mountain is Anita Desai’s subtle, haunting novel of isolation and memory.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529986044
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Anita Desai

Born and educated in India, Anita Desai is the author of many novels and short stories, and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times for her novels Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting. 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.
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Also by Anita Desai

The Complete Stories
The Artist of Disappearance
The Zigzag Way
The Village by the Sea
Clear Light of Day
Diamond Dust & Other Stories
Fasting, Feasting
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