‘Whale’ book review: Dive into the unknown
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This is the story of Chunhui, or the Girl of Spring who, decades after her death, is celebrated as the Red Brick Queen. This is also the story of…
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Eva Baltasar’s ‘Boulder’: The burden of choice
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Eva Baltasar’s Boulder is among the seven titles shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize. Translated from the Catalan by Julia…
The author who announced himself as ‘dead’ in International Booker…
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Perumal Murugan who, in 2015, declared himself “dead” in a Facebook post, in an act of “literary suicide”, following the right-wing attack on his…
A new chapter: The future of translations and publishing trends
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2022 was a landmark year in the history of Indian literature. Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, originally written in Hindi and translated into…
Not film star or cricketer, hype will settle down: Geetanjali Shree on celebrity…
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NEW DELHI: Propelled into the spotlight after her International Booker Prize win, author Geetanjali Shree says the public gaze is a huge adjustment but one she…
Tomb of Sand: An array of women’s voices in Partition literature and chronicles the…
By winning the 2022 International Booker Prize, Tomb of Sand has made history by becoming the first Hindi novel to win the prize. The book has been written by Geetanjali Shree and was…
Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand, first Hindi novel…
Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand has become the first book in an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize. Originally published as Ret Samadhi in Hindi, the book has been…
Indian writer Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for first Hindi novel…
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LONDON: Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her "utterly original" Hindi novel 'Tomb of…