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Sayari Debnath

Sunday book pick: In Jonathan Franzen’s novel ‘Crossroads,’ the maker abandons the faithful

Published in 2021, this is the first novel in Franzen’s projected trilogy ‘A Key to All Mythologies.’

Sayari Debnath
· May 04, 2025 · 01:30 pm
‘Hot Water’: Bhavika Govil’s debut novel movingly constructs a child’s fragile yet resilient world

The novel is sensitive to how quickly the tides of puberty and adolescence change a child, and how fiercely they try to hold on to the remnants of innocence.

Sayari Debnath
· May 03, 2025 · 08:30 am
Sunday book pick: Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel ‘Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter’ is a total romp

The novel was first published in Spanish as ‘La tia Julia y el escribidor’ in 1977. It was translated into English by Helen R Lane and published in 1982.

Sayari Debnath
· Apr 27, 2025 · 01:30 pm

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