review
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Philosophy, obsession and puzzling people: Julian Barnes’s new novel explores big questions
Janna Thompson, The Conversation
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‘Tomb of Sand’: Geetanjali Shree’s novel may be the most original and undefinable work of our times
Shree Thaarshini Sriraman Vighnesh Hampapura
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‘Open Zero’: Sophia Naz’s new book of poems glides across war and detention, migration and memory
Nabina Das
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‘House Next to the Factory’: How to write readable stories where nothing much really ever happens
Sahana Hegde
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‘The Hidden Garden’ brings us Mir Taqi Mir’s life, poetry and genius bundled into a single biography
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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Is there such a thing as Indian Science Fiction? This book tries to identify some common elements
Sumit Bardhan
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Haruki Murakami’s new book shows why we are in a love-hate relationship with his short stories
Arunima Mazumdar
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‘The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy’ is essential reading for our times. Especially for the young
Durba Chattaraj
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Ranjit Hoskote’s new book ‘Hunchprose’ offers a nourishing needlework of finely wrought poetry
Sarabjeet Garcha
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‘Hamnet’: When Anne Hathaway and her husband, the future playwright of ‘Hamlet’, lose their son
Radhika Oberoi
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‘Earthlings’: This novel by the author of ‘Convenience Store Woman’ will make you very uneasy
Suhasini Patni
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Chetan Bhagat’s new novel works not as a thriller but as an examination of the contemporary family
Nikhil Govind
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How complicit is the employee of a corporation that follows unethical practices, asks this novel
Harsimran Gill
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Jahnavi Barua’s ‘Undertow’ weaves threads of displacement, kinship and politics into a layered novel
Anodya Mishra
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This survey of Indian literatures seeks a mode of reflective and long-term response to suffering
Nikhil R
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‘Find Me’: André Aciman’s sequel to ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is not here to mend anyone’s broken heart
Aratrika Sengupta
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Fikr Taunsvi’s journal of the Partition paints a surrealistic tableau that lingers in the memory
Debjani Sengupta
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This novel records the tricky existence of a nurse whose sister cannot stop murdering her boyfriends
Suhasini Patni
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The best virtual reality headsets for every setup and budget
Signe Brewster
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Best Apple MacBooks in 2019: Which model should you buy?
Andrew Cunningham