Bye Bye Blackbird- Anita Desai

My first Desai novel is not an easy read. Since I'm an expatriate , the topic is very sensitive , hence I managed to pull through. No fun in using a dictionary while reading. The book is rich and heavy in the literary sense I guess.

 Black bird here means immigrants or expatriates. This psychological novel portrays the contradictory feelings of Indian immigrants in London in the '60s. Yes, the east- west confrontations, the patriot- expatriate conflicts, racism , homesickness and so on. Migratory birds often come back to their native place. Not always possible for human emigrants.


Home is where the heart is....