novel
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‘Not Quite a Disaster After All’ is a fine dissection of feminine entanglements and freedoms
Sayari Debnath
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Fiction: A young man flits between past and present, dreams and reality, to find the meaning of life
Krishna Candeth
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In this debut novel, a young man comes of age as a rising tide of nationalism sweeps across India
Santanu Bhattacharya
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Fiction: A pre-teen disappears one morning. She is silent on returning. What happened in between?
Sundar Sarukkai
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Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel of adolescence in ’80s Los Angeles is autofiction for our digital age
Alexander Howard, The Conversation
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Fiction: A writer’s letters to his young daughter explain how his hopes remain unfulfilled
Soumya Bhattacharya
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‘Dangerous Pursuits’ retells ‘The Ramayana’ and ‘The Tempest’ as a social critique of modern times
Saloni Sharma
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Janice Pariat’s new novel travels with four people separated in space and time but joined by plants
Janice Pariat
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In this modern retelling of ‘Devdas’, Paro and Chandramukhi are caught in a skewed love triangle
Aayush Gupta
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Ian McEwan’s ‘Lessons’, his most autobiographical novel, is a new experiment in vulnerability
Kate Flaherty, The Conversation
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Fiction: A young Indian man confronts hard realities in his final moments as a murder victim in USA
Karan Madhok
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A grieving child. A mysterious colony. A lurking menace. Will 9-year-old Varun survive the threats?
Bikram Sharma
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Booker Prize shortlisted ‘Treacle Walker’ is a fantasy in form but a literary novel every other way
Shubhangi Tiwari
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Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona’
Julian Novitz, The Conversation
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‘Spirit Nights’: Easterine Kire uses a fable to tell a magical and complex tale of the real world
Shubhangi Tiwari
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Anees Salim’s newest novel is set in Paradise Lodge, a hotel where people come to die
Anees Salim
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‘Honor’ is a novel of two couples and the heartbreaking challenges of love across cultural divisions
Thrity Umrigar
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This Malayalam novel is a sweeping family saga playing out amidst the mysteries of the forest
Sheela Tomy
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A family deals with shame and unexpected rebellion brought about by a leaked intimate video
Aravind Jayan
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‘Until Then’: An orphan comes of age through turbulent dreams and vibrant memories
Sarayu Srivatsa