Cry, the Peacock by Anita Desai

Cry, the Peacock

Anita Desai

218 pages first pub 1963 (view editions)

fiction emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 s...

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