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Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay
Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay

Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay

Date10/16/1988
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  • Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay.
  • Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay
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Original Toronto Star caption: Anita Desai: The Indian author draws on her parents' background in a novel about a Genman Jew who flees Nazi Germany for a corrupt Bombay.
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