DSC Prize Shortlist: Anjali Joseph’s ‘The Living’ celebrates everyday moments

Anjali Joseph

· Oct 15, 2017 · 08:30 am

This short story answers the question: ‘What will you do if you know when you will die?’

Amit Dasgupta

· Oct 13, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Ali Smith’s ‘Autumn’ shows why Brexit may be good for British fiction (if not the British economy)

Antony Mullen, The Conversation

· Oct 10, 2017 · 05:30 pm

There’s a reason (think John Green meets Stephen King) this debut novel is all the rage in the West

Niyati Bhat

· Oct 08, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Translating Ian McEwan’s books to the screen isn’t easy, but film-makers haven’t stopped trying

Nick Bentley, The Conversation

· Oct 08, 2017 · 03:30 pm

How writers of stories with ‘impossible crimes’ sidetracked readers with ghostly red herrings

Jai Arjun Singh

· Oct 07, 2017 · 06:30 pm

If we become immortal, how will we deal with our mountains of memories? This novel has some answers

MG Vassanji

· Oct 03, 2017 · 08:30 am

Black meets white in a novel from America that matters to Indians because of race

Sayali Palekar

· Oct 01, 2017 · 06:30 pm

In one of Mark Tully’s new short stories, a politician’s bumbling son fails to connect with voters

Mark Tully

· Oct 01, 2017 · 07:00 am

Meet Ganesh, the crime-solving advocate immortalised by Tamil author Sujatha

Sujatha

· Sep 30, 2017 · 08:30 am

The Scroll.in ‘Empire’ review: The reviewer’s response to the author’s criticism

Ruchika Sharma

· Sep 29, 2017 · 08:30 pm

A French novel, written by a Mauritian writer, brings home our experience in India like few books do

Durba Chattaraj

· Sep 28, 2017 · 06:30 pm

‘Elmet’ is the outsider, written by an unknown writer, in the race for the Man Booker Prize

Anu Kumar

· Sep 28, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Who is a traitor? An Urdu novel set in 1947 offers some answers that are relevant for 2017

Rakhshanda Jalil

· Sep 26, 2017 · 08:30 am

‘Quit India!’ This story by Ismat Chughtai considers the fate of one man who was left behind

Ismat Chughtai

· Sep 25, 2017 · 08:30 am

Even if Paul Auster’s ‘4 3 2 1’ wins the Man Booker, it is hard to say whether it is worth reading

Ranjit Mankeshwar

· Sep 24, 2017 · 08:30 am

One reason Ali Smith’s ‘Autumn’ may have been shortlisted for the Man Booker? Sheer inventiveness

Anu Kumar

· Sep 23, 2017 · 05:30 pm

How far from (or near) are we to the India depicted in Nayantara Sehgal’s new novel?

Nayantara Sahgal

· Sep 19, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Here is a candidate for the global Sri Lankan novel, and it is only the author’s debut

Sharanya Manivannan

· Sep 17, 2017 · 06:30 pm

In ‘A Legacy of Spies’, Smiley (and John le Carré) offer the world view of the disillusioned spy

Vivek Kaul

· Sep 17, 2017 · 03:30 pm