Baumgartner's Bombay
by Anita Desai
List Price:
Our Price: $8.45
You Save: $5.50 (39%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.14 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Anita DesaiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05-19
ISBN: 0618056807
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Reviews of Baumgartner's Bombay
Book Review: A passive character caught up in terrible events.
Summary: 3 Stars
Baumgartner, a German Jew, gets to India as a teenager, "escaping" the Holocaust. He makes a living there until his Indian patron dies, then retires at an early age into poverty. He never gets over the death of his mother, who refused to emigrate. He is a totally passive personality whose one joy is caring for stray cats in his small apartment. Not only is he a dull protagonist, but Desai withholds the few interesting parts of his life until toward the end. Is Desai investigating bigger themes, by looking at the world and Indian society through the eyes of such a character? Is she trying to prove that even such a person is worth exploring? More likely the former, since this is not really an in depth character study. The events pallidly reflected are interesting, Desai is a good writer, Baumgartner arouses some feelings of empathy, so book is readable.
Historical Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Historical Books
Pirate Latitudes: A Novelby Michael Crichton
Harper; Published: 2009-11-24; Roughcut; Book
Best price: $2.44
Price in other shops:
The Master Butchers Singing Club: A Novelby Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.83
Price in other shops:
The Last Witchfinder: A Novelby James Morrow
William Morrow; Published: 2006-03-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Zorroby Isabel Allende
HarperAudio; Published: 2005-05-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $3.05
Price in other shops:
The Hot Kid: A Novelby Elmore Leonard
William Morrow; Published: 2005-05-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.89
Price in other shops:
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Chronicles Series #1)Mass Market Paperback; Book
Bones of the Hills (Conqueror, Book 3)by Conn Iggulden
Harper Collins Canada; Published: 2008; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $44.70
Marchby Geraldine Brooks
Penguin Books; Published: 2006; Paperback; Book
Gates of Rome (Emperor 1)by Conn Iggulden
Harpercollins Pb; Published: 2003-09-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.80
Girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy Chevalier
Harper Collins Audio; Published: 2002-06-17; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $86.82
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Haroun and the Sea of Storiesby Salman Rushdie
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1991-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.99
Price in other shops:
Home Boy: A Novelby H. M. Naqvi
Crown; Published: 2009-08-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.16
Price in other shops:
Midnight's Children: A Novelby Salman Rushdie
Random House Trade Paperbacks; Published: 2006-04-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.12
Price in other shops:
A House for Mr. Biswasby V.S. Naipaul
Vintage; Published: 2001-03-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.65
Price in other shops:
The White Castle: A Novelby Orhan Pamuk
Vintage; Published: 1998-03-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.64
Price in other shops:
Fasting, Feastingby Anita Desai
Mariner Books; Published: 2000-01-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.44
Price in other shops:
Londonstaniby Gautam Malkani
Penguin Two; Published: 2007-08-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.17
Price in other shops:
Untouchable (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)by Mulk Raj Anand
Penguin Classics; Published: 1990-07-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.93
Price in other shops:
Clear Light of Dayby Anita Desai
Mariner Books; Published: 2000-09-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.29
Price in other shops:
The Artist of Disappearanceby Anita Desai
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Published: 2011-12-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.70
Price in other shops: