Cry, the Peacock
By Anita Desai
1963
First Published
3.34
Average Rating
218
Number of Pages
Cry, the Peacock is the story of a young girl, Maya, obsessed by a childhood prophecy of disaster. The author builds up an atmosphere of tension as torrid and oppressive as a stiffling Indian summer, both in the crowded, colourful cities and the strangely beautiful countryside.
Avg Rating
3.34
Number of Ratings
198
5 STARS
16%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
16%
1 STARS
6%
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Author
Anita Desai
Author · 22 books
Anita Desai was born in 1937. Her published works include adult novels, children's books and short stories. She is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London. Anita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times. Her daughter, the author Kiran Desai, is the winner of the 2006 Booker prize.
