“Saeed quickly found employment at a Banana Republic, where he would sell to urban sophisticates the black turtleneck of the season, in a shop whose name was synonymous with colonial exploitation and the rapacious ruin of the third world.” WorldFoundNamesBlackThirdsSeasonsSellsEmploymentRuinsShopsRepublicExploitationUrbanBananasThird WorldTurtlenecks Book:The Inheritance of Loss Source: The Inheritance of Loss
“Looking a dead insect in the sack of basmati that had come all the way from Dehra Dun, he almost wept with sorrow and marvel at its journey, which was tenderness for his own journey. In India almost nobody would be able to afford this rice, and you had to travel around the world to be able to eat such things where they were cheap enough that you could gobble them down without being rich; and when you got home to the place where they grew, you couldn't afford them anymore.” WorldWayEnoughHomeWould BeAbleRichJourneyGrewSorrowIndiaAround The WorldTendernessInsectsRiceBeing Rich Author:Kiran Desai
“The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.” WorldReaderPublishing Author:Kiran Desai
“When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript.” WorldLooksBookMotherGrowing UpGrowingLook UpAddressesFar AwayPublishingPublishersManuscripts Author:Kiran Desai
