Bookshelf | New Books on the Shelves This Fortnight (November 29, 2024)

Published : Nov 13, 2024 11:00 IST - 2 MINS READ The Story of Eve: Selected Poems Zehra Nigah, translated by Rakhshanda Jalil Speaking Tiger Rs.499 One of the foremost Urdu poets today, Zehra Nigah engages with seemingly unpoetical themes—war crimes against women, female infanticide, stifling Shariah laws—as well as with subjects like love and relationship. The new novel by the Pulitzer-winning author is about “our tattered bond with the earth, and about love in all of its absurdity and splendour.” ___ The Other Mohan In Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire: A Personal Journey into History Amrita Shah HarperCollins Rs.699 On a quest to understand why her great-grandfather, Mohanlal, set sail for South Africa from pre-independent India, Amrita Shah takes the reader into an era of unprecedented global mobility. ___ Thanuja: A Memoir of Migration and Transition Thanuja Singam, translated by Kiran Keshavamurthy Bloomsbury Rs.599 This first ever memoir of a Sri Lankan Tamil transwoman maps a life complicated by migration and gender transition. ___ Fiction The Last Dream Pedro Almodvar, translated by Frank Wynne Harpervia ___ Practice Rosalind Brown Farrar, Straus and Giroux ___ If Only Vigdis Hjorth, translated by Charlotte Barslund Verso Books ___ We Solve Murders Richard Osman Pamela Dorman Books ___ Non-fiction Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East Robert Fisk Fourth Estate ___ Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam Faisal Devji Yale University Press ___ Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments Diana Darke Hurst Publishers ___ Critical Insights on Colonial Modes of Seeing Cattle in India : Tracing the Pre-History of Green and White Revolutions Himanshu Upadhyaya Springer