"The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) has been crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man Booker Prize....
Though summer is at its peak in most parts of India and literary events almost at a standstill, the coming month will bring cheer to many readers as it will mark the release of some riveting offerings. ...
Title: Points of Entry: Encounters at the Origin Sites of Pakistan; Author: Nadeem Farooq Paracha; Publisher: Tranquebar; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 499...
Hardly has any novel been awaited with as much curiosity and anticipation in recent times as Vikram Seths sequel to the monumental "A Suitable Boy" (1993)....
Among the world's best-known historical novels, Alexandre Dumas' "Les Trois Mousquetaires", or "The Three Musketeers" (as we know it), has long been a favourite for not only readers but also filmmakers, with more than two versions made all over the world between 1903 and 2013....
When seasoned publisher David Davidar, who was hired by the legendary Peter Mayer as one of the founder-members of Penguin India in 1985, floated Aleph Book Company in 2011, it was this model that he wanted to disrupt -- and seven years down the line, he seems to have done it successfully. ...
Journalist, editor, costume designer: film aficionado Bhawana Somaaya has worn many hats during a 36-year career that began in the 1970s, along the way penning 14 books -- including authorised biographies of film icons like Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini....
The month gone by was one of many lessons for keen observers of contemporary Indian publishing. Over-hyped books, billed as astute and nuanced accounts like "Cyber Sexy", turned out to be major disappointments while surprise releases like "The Spy Chronicles" garnered international attention....
Book: All The Lives We Never Lived; Author: Anuradha Roy; Publisher: Hachette; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 335...
A writer who seldom makes public appearances, Anuradha Roy rides against the tides of our times and is known for three previous outstanding novels -- "An Atlas of Impossible Longing"; "The Folded Earth" and "Sleeping on Jupiter"....
