Articles related to "Indian Novels"

A fresh young face has been welcomed to the high society of literature, after White Tiger, one of the two debut novels shortlisted, was awarded the Man Booker Prize 2008.

For those travellers who want to read more than just guidebooks, here are some recommendations, especially suitable for long train and bus journeys through India.

Louise Erdrich returns to write of her American Indian side after exploring her German heritage in The Master Butchers Singing Club. The Plague of Doves is her best yet.

Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day follows two sisters, Tara and Bim, as they reconstruct their childhood memories of their Old Delhi house, where Tara is visiting Bim.

With a resplendent vocabulary, novelist Upamanyu Chatterjee tells perhaps way too much about the ties that bind and strangle one small urban Indian family.