by Jeet Thayil (2021)
"From the Booker-shortlisted author of Narcopolis, in prose of extraordinary power, a novel about the women whose roles were suppressed, reduced or erased in the Gospels. Names of the Women begins with Christ on the cross addressing Mary of Magdala, asking her to bear witness to his death. As the novel unfolds, it tells the stories of fifteen women whose lives overlapped with the life of Christ. Lydia and Assia, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Junia the Widow of Jerusalem, Susanna the Barren, Ariamma the Canaanite, and others whose names have been spoken only in passing or not at all. Women who stayed with Christ through the crucifixion, when his disciples had abandoned him, and who spread his radical message - one that made them equals and a profound threat to power within the church. Together, the voices of the women dare us to reimagine the story of the New Testament in a way it has never before been told."--Provided by publisher.
Jeet Thayil
English + Apocalypso Flipbook is a distinguished work by Jeet Thayil (Booker Prize Shortlist, DSC Prize Winner, Sahitya Akademi Award), celebrated for its literary depth, resonant storytelling, and enduring cultural impact.
Anita Desai
Complete Stories is a distinguished work by Anita Desai (Triple Booker Shortlist, Sahitya Akademi Award, Benson Medal), celebrated for its literary depth, resonant storytelling, and enduring cultural impact.
Vikram Seth
Widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living writers, Vikram Seth -- author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy -- tells the heartrending true story of a friendship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives -- Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came to Berlin to study in the 1930s, and Helga Gerda Caro, the young German Jewish woman he befriended and later married -- Two Lives is both a history of a violent era seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a complex, abiding love.
Amrita Pritam
Collection of letters between Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005, Panjabi literatteur, and Imaroza, close associate.