Cry, the Peacock by Anita Desai is a classic and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award. The novel offers the story of a female whose own world rams with her husband`s practical world thus making her feel depressed, lonely and disheartened. The psychoanalytic growth of the character and the misfortune where she relates her own sufferings with that of the peacock and the part where she finally throws her husband from the fortifications that are similar to the peacock that kills their mate after mating. The book is a great one and one of the best books by the veteran author.
