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A "beautifully written, richly textured, and haunting story" (Chaim Potok), BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY is Anita Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era, a story of profound emotional wounds of war and its exiles. The novel follows Hugo Baumgartner as he flees Nazi Germany -- and his Jewish... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Frau Baumgartner: Add a description of this character.
- Hugo
- Farrokh
- Lotte
- Chimanlal
- Habibullah
- Julius
- Gisela
- Herr Pfuehl
- Kanti
- Mr Bommgarter
- Madam Lola
- Kurt
- Baumgarmer
- Mr Lobo
- Berthe
- Mutti
- Albert
- Annemarie
- Sushil
- Deutschland
- Fritzi
- Emil
- Augustin
- Herr Baumgartner
- Frau Friedmann
- Napoli
Setting & Locations edit
- India
- Germany
- Calcutta
- Bombay
- Venice
- Europe
- Berlin
- Goa
- Hamburg
- Hira Niwas
- Cafe De Paris
- Russia
- Turf Club
First Sentence edit
Although she had fled the blood-spattered scene and fled the collected crowd of identical individuals - one-legged, nose-picking, vigilant-eyed - and hurried down the street at a speed uncommon for her, a speed no one would have thought possible on those high red heels that were no longer firm but wobbled drunkenly under the weight of her thick, purple-veined legs, Lotte slowed as she neared her door.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anita Desai (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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