Clear Light of Day
Indian novelist, born 1937.
Clear Light of Day is a 1980 novel by Anita Desai. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1980.
In family saga
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Anita Desai
- First published
- 1980
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1980
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Class and society, Political
Is Clear Light of Day worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1980) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Clear Light of Day
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2018), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781784873929
How critics, prizes and readers rate Clear Light of Day
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 67% of the points available on prize lists, against 13% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work