Description
In this slender collection of three novellas, a celebrated writer turns inward to explore the fragile boundary between solitude and visibility. Across stories that range from the uncanny to the quietly intimate, characters who long to be left alone confront the unsettling question of what happens when they are finally seen—by strangers, by institutions, or by an audience that refuses to look away. From a lonely bureaucrat wandering an abandoned museum to a solitary artist whose carefully ordered life is disrupted by the arrival of a film, the narratives probe the raw ache of being observed and the strange power of disappearance. With Desai’s lyrical, psychologically sharp style, these tales examine themes of alienation, gaze, and the cost of attention—leaving readers to wonder whether existence is ever truly private.
Available Editions
paperback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Jan 1, 2011
156 pages
ISBN: 9780547577456
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First Published
2011
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai.