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Notes on fire on the mountain by anita desai

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(summary)
fire on mountain is superbly crafted novel known for its rich symbolic imagery ND psychological insights. A Winner of 2 prestigious awards, it tells the story of 2 old woman and a young girl .
The first part of the novel takes the reader inside the mind of nanda kaul the aged protagonist . the widow of a university vice chancellor and once at the hub of a large demanding family and a hectic life , she now lives in seclusion at carginano a discolate old house on the ridge of the mountain in kasauli. aloof indifferent and irritable she wants no intrusion to violence her privacy . her cloisterd is thteatend when she receives a lttr aanouncin an impending visit by her grt granddaughter raka ND when a telephone cl cms frm her childhood friend Illa das who wshs to visit her.
The second part of the novel show the tense relationship btwn nandakaul ND raka .A recluse raka has the habit of slipping away into her own .private world ignoring her grandmother cmpltly . haunted by nightmarish memories of a drunken violent father and an unhappy batterd mother . she shuns Human ND spend her tym roming the desolate hill ND ravines lyk ah brd .ths offers session an opportunity to weave symbolic nature imagery into the txt of novel .chaleenged by Raka's indifference .nanda reluctantly cms out of her self imposed quieted and makes a desperate though futile..
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