Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Subversive Whispers is a collection of short stories written by Manasi in Malayalam and translated into English by J. Devika. Subversive Whispers By Manasi, translated by J. Devika Hamish Hamilton Pages: 160 Price: Rs.499 These whispers are sometimes expressed through the kind of magical realism that the Chilean writer …
Satirical columnist and best selling author of Oh! Those Parsis!, Berjis Desai is back with his first novel Towers of Silence, which chronicles roughly a hundred years of Parsi clans in British and independent India, takes several cues from the Latin American tradition of magical realism. The novel follows the Bhamgaras as they deal with pastoral chores, dwindling finances, lecherous …
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