<P> Journey to Ithaca is a novel written by Anita Desai, published in 1995 . The novel takes its name from a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy . The novel describes a pilgrimage to India through the perspectives of three people, two young Mateo, an Italian and Sophie, a German and a mysterious woman, Mother . </P> <P> The novel further develops a theme that Desai explored in an early short story, Scholar and Gypsy; the difference between the character who feels the world is all we need and the character for whom the world is limited . </P>

Summary of the novel journey to ithaca by anita desai