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Quotes by "Kiran Desai"

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.
— Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss
Tags: present, past, change
If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars.
— Kiran Desai
Tags: way, negative, you, light
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.
— Kiran Desai
Tags: publishing, very, much, world
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
— Kiran Desai
Tags: tennessee, read, american, love
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