Contemporary fiction books from India
Recommended contemporary fiction books (21)
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Once Upon an Eid editor S. K. Ali, Aisha Saeed - editors EN
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A joyous short story collection by and about Muslims, edited by New York Times bestselling author Aisha Saeed and Morris finalist S. K. Ali Once Upon an Eid is a collection of short stories that showcases the most brilliant Muslim voices writing today, all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid Eid The short, single-syllable word conjures up a variety of feelings and memories for Muslims. Maybe it's waking up to the sound of frying samosas or the comfort of bean pie, maybe it's the pleasure of putting on a new outfit for Eid prayers, or maybe it's the gift giving and holiday parties to... continue
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Orient, Occident by Salman Rushdie RO
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Reunind noua povestiri publicate pe parcursul mai multor ani, Orient, Occident reia una dintre temele predilecte ale lui Salman Rushdie, si anume suspendarea intre doua lumi de care se simte atras in egala masura si pe care este, tot in egala masura, dispus sa le critice. O incercare de apropriere si definire culturala a doua teritorii care si-au spus cuvintul in formarea sa ca scriitor, volumul de fata problematizeaza perceptia celor doua universuri si propune un spatiu intermediar, in care memoria, istoria si imaginatia se intilnesc si se fertilizeaza reciproc.
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A heartfelt young adult graphic novel about an Indian-American teen's attempt to reconnect with her mother’s homeland through a magical pashmina shawl.
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Quichotte : A Novel by Salman Rushdie EN
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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixotefor the modern age. Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television, who falls in impossible love with the TV star Salman R. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest... continue
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'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie 'Every new work from her is a gift' - Kamila Shamsie 'Rosarita is transcendent . . . a testament to Desai’s enduring genius as a writer' - The Guardian 'Tantalising' - Financial Times From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and a young woman’s determination to forge her own path. A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has no connection to. It is bl... continue
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The Association of Small Bombs : A Novel by Karan Mahajan EN
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National Book Award Finalist Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winner of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize One of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year One of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year PEN Center USA Literary Award Finalist for Fiction Simpson Family Literary Prize Finalist Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Longlisted for the FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Vo... continue
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The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay EN
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An elegant, epic debut novel that follows one young woman's search for a lost figure from her childhood, a journey that takes her from Southern India to Kashmir and to the brink of a devastating political and personal reckoning.
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The Flat on Malabar Hill by Chitra Kallay EN
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Vinod and Shanti are husband and wife rooted in Indian tradition, who experience both joy and despair through the lives of their two sons. Kishore is a brilliant MIT grad, who lives in the United States and is married to Americanized Anjali. Dev, the younger, plays drums in clubs and uses drugs. When Vinod has bypass surgery and Shanti is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Kishore brings his family back to Malabar Hill, and Vinod makes a painful decision.
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The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy EN
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In this "rare feast" of a novel, a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). It is the summer of 2015, and Lila De is on the verge of a breakthrough in her career at a prestigious New York publishing house. But when she gets a call from her mother in India, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate, she must confront the legacy of an extended family that she thought she left behind sixteen years ago. Returning to Kolkata reunites Lila with her mother afte... continue
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The Many Deaths of Laila Starr SC by Ram V EN
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Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a job… or is she? Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. As a result, the avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in Mumbai as twenty-something Laila Starr. Struggling with her newfound mortality, Laila has found a way to be placed in the time and place where the creator of immortality will be born. Will Laila take her chance to stop mankind from permanently altering the cycle of life, or will death really become a thing of the past? A powerful new graphic novel from... continue