One Small Voice skilfully interweaves the coming-of-age story of Shubhankar Trivedi (Shabby) with a backdrop of communal violence which touches … More
Tag: coming of age
Book review: The Untameable by Guillermo Arriaga, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer
A tale of revenge and redemption from the screenwriter of Amores Perros It is 1960s Mexico City. The parents of … More
Book review: Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra
In Run and Hide, Arun Dwivedi tells the story of his life and how it intertwines with three other men … More
Book review: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
I’m reposting this review of A Little Life, written before I had a blog, ahead of publication of Hanya Yanagihara’s … More
Book review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
I was interested in this novel because I recently read Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series, which tells the story of Genghis … More
Book review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
China Room begins in a Punjabi village in the 1920s. Mehar is one of three young women who have just … More
Fifteen great novels about mothers
Of course, mothers are everywhere, in life and in fiction. There aren’t many novels that don’t have a mother in … More
Book review: Who Is Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht (Vera Kelly #1)
Vera Kelly is posing as a Canadian student in Buenos Aires in 1966, but she is actually working for the … More
Book review: Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
Selection Day is the story of Radha and Manju, two boys who are being moulded for cricket stardom by their father. … More
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