Diamond DustFrom the Booker Prize finalist author of Rosarita is a richly diverse story collection Upon the recent publication of Fasting, Feasting, critics raved about Anita Desai: \"Desai is more than smart; she's an undeniable genius\" (Washington Post Book World). The Wall Street Journal called Fasting, Feasting \"poignant, penetrating . . . a splendid novel, \" while the Boston Globe celebrated Desai's \"beautiful literary universe.\" Now, in this richly

a well-to-do Eastside housewife

Demon Servant: After accidentally releasing Gorgo

Thrown a curveball

He ended up unemployed

all around you

Handle hostility and criticism

his understanding of interrelated beauty and squalor

* "Few have the grace and exuberance of this lovely collaboration of Rylant’s evocative words and Stringer’s entrancing paintings

while others have increased

He’s working on it

bestselling author of The River Wife

True evil never dies