South Asian Author Challenge 2010

I did it. I read my ten books: Age of Shiva by Manil Suri (read 02/2010) Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta (read 03/2010) The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (read 08/2010) The Immortals by Amit Chaudhuri (read 11/2010) Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet by Kashmira Sheth (read 11/2010) Half a Life by [...]

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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

I really enjoyed this book, and it has only fueled my desire to go to India. Which is strange, really, since a goodly portion of this books concerns gangsters, dancing girls, and the Shiv Sena; none of these are particularly tourist-friendly–well, the dancing girls might be, if you’re a male tourist. My favorite part was [...]

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South Asian Author Challenge List

This is just where I’m keeping track of the books I have read/plan to read for the challenge, but of course I may change my mind and read other things! I either own them or have them on my library request list. In no particular order: Fiction: Love Marriage by V.V. Ganeshananthan Inheritance of Loss [...]

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South Asian Author Challenge

I’m excited about this for two reasons: One, I love this literature. Two, it’s my first challenge! I’m planning on reading (at least) 10 books. My goal will be to read new books/authors, and to read books that have been living unread on my shelves, rather than rereading books I already love; if I do [...]

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