Indian Literature

Devendra Satyarthi is one of the few creators who, in addition to his fiction writing, has been famous for collecting folk songs in various cities of the subcontinent by assuming the form of a monk. It is said that the basis of his stories is based on folk songs and mythological stories. This book "Aur bansarii bajti rahi (And the flute kept playing)" is a collection of few of his famous short stories./¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿

Allama Rashid-ul-Khairi was a social reformer from British India and largely known as Musavire Gham. He is among the most well-known authors of Urdu literature. Khairi is regarded as one of the founders of Urdu short story, fusing literary works with didactic and reformist lessons. This book "Rivaaj ki Bhent" presents a selection of short stories of Rashid-ul-Khairi.

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'Magnificent' KAMILA SHAMSIE<BR>'Majestic yet profoundly tender' MEGHA MAJUMDAR <BR><BR>A breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the story of an individual coming of age amid the social and political upheavals of twentieth-century India.<BR><BR>In a newly independent India charged with national vigour, Charu, the motherless daughter of a railway worker, pines for freedom from the shackles of her impoverishment and meagre prospects. As diesel engines replace steam and the calamitous churn of drought, famine and a great strike engulfs her town, Charu dares to imagine a different future for herself. She boards a train and flees westwards, leaving behind the oppressive domesticity of her childhood for the alluring modernity, and apparent opportunities, of Bombay. <BR><BR> Unfazed by the everyday discriminations around her, she becomes an unlikely hero: a railway woman and census enumerator who keeps her heart open -sometimes guilelessly - to her nation's vast possibility. Sweeping, elegiac and at times wonderfully comic, Railsong is a powerful portrait of grit, optimism and the force of character that enables one remarkable woman to live on her own terms in a country full of contradictions.

In this Indian modern classic, roofs are a special place; they are meant for wild things, for romance and for play. They are realms of freedom--freedom from the male gaze, sexual freedom, and freedom from society. Chachcho and Lalna use their roofs to build a friendship that transcends time and memory. Suddenly one day, Lalna has to leave, to return only after Chachcho's passing. Amidst rumors and gossip in the neighborhood, Chachcho's nephew tries to piece together his memories of the two women, one of whom is his mother. The truth he is searching for could destroy him forever, but to not find out is no longer an option. Now finally published outside of India, this consummate novel of twists and turns by the International Booker Prize-winning author Geetanjali Shree, The Roof Beneath Their Feet is a contemporary novel that promises to be read for generations to come.

'Compulsive and wrenching ... Bhattacharya has written the epic text for the South Asian queer community that the characters in this book long to find' Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark'There is an epic confidence to Bhattacharya's writing' Samira Ahmed'It's magnificent: funny, melancholic, sharply true. The force of it crept up on me in a brilliantly subtle way' James Cahill, author of Tiepolo BlueFROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF ONE SMALL VOICE: a bold, electrifying story of a family in which three generations of gay men in India fight for love and dignity against the currents of their timesVivaan, a teenager in India's silicon plateau, has discovered love on his smartphone. Intoxicating, boundary-breaking love. His parents know he is gay, and their support is something Vivaan can count on, but they don't know what exactly their son gets up to in the online world.For his uncle, born thirty years earlier, things were very different. Mambro's life changed forever when he fell for a male classmate at a time, and in a country, where the persecution of gay people was rife under a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality.And before that was Mambro's uncle Sukumar, a young man hopelessly in love with another young man, but forced by social taboos to keep their relationship a secret at all costs. Sukumar would never live the life he yearned for, but his story would ignite and inspire his nephew and grand-nephew after him.Bold and bracing, intimate and heartbreaking, Deviants examines the histories we inherit and the legacies we leave behind.'Bhattacharya's storytelling talents are limitless' Nikesh Shukla, praise for One Small VoiceA joy to read, a full universe of feeling ... A born storyteller' Max Porter, praise for One Small Voice

A BEAUTIFUL TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING MASTERPIECE WITH A NEW PREFACE FROM THE AUTHOR'A magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee, chair of the Booker Prize judgesHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time.The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphaned granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home.Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world.'Poised, elegant and assured . . . breaks out into extraordinary beauty' The Times'Affecting and endearing, full of laughter and tears' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Briskly paced and sumptuously written . . . ponders questions of nationhood, modernity, and class, in ways both moving and revelatory' New Yorker

Herausragendes Debüt: die Geschichte Pakistans mit einer zärtlichen Liebe im MittelpunktBrooklyn, 2022: Ayukta schuldet ihrer Frau eine Antwort auf die Frage, die sie immer vermieden hat: Sollen sie ein Kind bekommen? Die Entscheidung wird durch die Geschichte ihrer Familie erschwert - denn Ayukta trägt nicht nur ihre eigenen Erinnerungen in sich. Ein Ahnengedächtnis, das sich über tausend Jahre erstreckt und alle Frauen in ihrer Familie miteinander verbindet, ist gleichzeitig eine unmögliche Bürde und ein unglaubliches Geschenk. Ayukta durchlebt das Trauma ihrer Großmutter Amla, die vor dem Tod ihrer Mutter ein glückliches Kind in Karatschi war und während der Teilung des Landes auswandern muss. Amlas Tochter Arni führt uns nach Gujarat im Jahr 1974, wo die Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter und die Unterschiede zwischen den städtischen Klassen herausgefordert werden, während eine von Studenten angeführte politische Bewegung für instabile Verhältnisse sorgt. Ayukta erzählt nicht nur ihre eigene Geschichte, sondern auch von den blutigen Jahren der Teilung ihres Heimatlandes, ganze Jahrzehnte voller Liebe, Verlust, Herzschmerz und Wiedergeburt.

'Magnificent' KAMILA SHAMSIE<BR>'Majestic yet profoundly tender' MEGHA MAJUMDAR <BR><BR>A breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the story of an individual coming of age amid the social and political upheavals of twentieth-century India.<BR><BR>In a newly independent India charged with national vigour, Charu, the motherless daughter of a railway worker, pines for freedom from the shackles of her impoverishment and meagre prospects. As diesel engines replace steam and the calamitous churn of drought, famine and a great strike engulfs her town, Charu dares to imagine a different future for herself. She boards a train and flees westwards, leaving behind the oppressive domesticity of her childhood for the alluring modernity, and apparent opportunities, of Bombay. <BR><BR> Unfazed by the everyday discriminations around her, she becomes an unlikely hero: a railway woman and census enumerator who keeps her heart open -sometimes guilelessly - to her nation's vast possibility. Sweeping, elegiac and at times wonderfully comic, Railsong is a powerful portrait of grit, optimism and the force of character that enables one remarkable woman to live on her own terms in a country full of contradictions.

“[A] poignant and perceptive coming-of-age story about two strangers who become star-crossed lovers . . . Belgrave Road shows us that, sometimes, the promise of a future is all it takes to fight the ghosts of one’s past.” —The GuardianAn unforgettable debut novel about two young people searching for better lives, and the blossoming forbidden romance between them that threatens their families and futures—a breathtaking story perfect for fans of Colm Tóibín and Monica Ali.Mira’s days are filled with duty and light on freedom. In a new country, living with a husband she barely knows—and who she fears she’ll never love—Mira is desperate to discover all that her new life in England might offer.And then there’s Tahliil. The quiet, beautiful man she sees at work each day. With a depth in his eyes and a face full of questions. He's the first person in this new world who listens to Mira’s hopes for who she yearns to become.But beyond their lunchtime encounters, the pair couldn't lead more different lives: the duties that bind them, the homes they are trying to build threaten to subsume them. As Mira and Tahliil navigate the deep and turbulent waters of their new worlds, can they find a way to be together, and will finding each other set them free?

**Winner of the 2024 MATHRUBHUMI BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD and the 2024 RAMNATH GOENKA SAHITYA SAMAAN AWAWRD FOR BEST DEBUT FICTION / Shortlisted for the 2023 ATTA GALATTA PRIZE FOR FICTION and the 2023 KALINGA LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION**<BR><BR>'A fearless achievement' The New Yorker<BR>'Quarterlife is a revelation . . . and deserves the widest attention' Observer<BR>'A landmark novel' The Indian Express<BR>'Powerful, demanding, rewarding' Daily Mail<BR><BR>The Bharat Party has come to power after a divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai by their promise of ' better days '. With him is Amanda, a restless New Englander eager to live her ideals through a social-impact fellowship in a slum. Meanwhile, Naren ' s brother Rohit sets out to find his ancestral heritage in the countryside, where he ends up befriending the fiery young men who drive the Hindu nationalist machine. As they each come to grips with New India, their journeys coalesce into a riveting portrait of a society on the brink of violence.<BR><BR>Written with grace and precision, Quarterlife is a meditation on the roots of political belief in a time of crises for democracies worldwide.<BR><BR>'An acutely portrayed and ambitious reckoning' Guardian<BR>'The most accomplished political novel of the Modi years' Granta<BR>'By a distance the best debut of the year' Wall Street Journal

Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy, a new epic fantasy series of hunted witches, romantic angst, and political intrigue. Perfect for fans of The Hurricane Wars and The Jasmine Throne.A prince born into violence, seeking peace.Prince Ashoka is the youngest son of the tyrannical Emperor Adil Maurya. Considered an outcast by his father for his rejection of the emperor's brutal onslaught against the witches of the empire, Ashoka longs for change. When the sudden and unexpected death of his father leaves the monarchy in disarray, Ashoka is sent to govern a tumultuous region in this South Asian fantasy world that is terrorized by nature spirits-a task many see as doomed to fail. Suspected by a disdainful governor and evaded by distrustful witches, Ashoka must question his rigid ideals and fight against becoming the one person he despises the most-his father.A witch shackled by pacifism, seeking revenge.Shakti is a mayakari: a witch bound by a pacifist code. After witnessing the murder of her aunt and village at the hands of the emperor, Shakti hurtles down a path of revenge, casting a curse with unexpected consequences. Posing as a maidservant in the famed palace of the Mauryas and armed with newfound powers from her forbidden magic, Shakti attempts to dismantle the monarchy from within by having the royal progeny ruin themselves and turn their father's legacy into nothing but ash.In a world where nature spirits roam the land, and witches are hunted to extinction, Ashoka and Shakti will be forced to grapple with the consequences of power in this enemies-to-lovers story: to take it for themselves or risk losing it completely.

'Compulsive and wrenching ... Bhattacharya has written the epic text for the South Asian queer community that the characters in this book long to find' Sarvat Hasin, author of The Giant Dark<BR><BR>'There is an epic confidence to Bhattacharya's writing' Samira Ahmed<BR><BR>'It's magnificent: funny, melancholic, sharply true. The force of it crept up on me in a brilliantly subtle way' James Cahill, author of Tiepolo Blue<BR><BR><BR>FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF ONE SMALL VOICE: a bold, electrifying story of a family in which three generations of gay men in India fight for love and dignity against the currents of their times<BR><BR>Vivaan, a teenager in India's silicon plateau, has discovered love on his smartphone. Intoxicating, boundary-breaking love. His parents know he is gay, and their support is something Vivaan can count on, but they don't know what exactly their son gets up to in the online world.<BR><BR>For his uncle, born thirty years earlier, things were very different. Mambro's life changed forever when he fell for a male classmate at a time, and in a country, where the persecution of gay people was rife under a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality.<BR><BR>And before that was Mambro's uncle Sukumar, a young man hopelessly in love with another young man, but forced by social taboos to keep their relationship a secret at all costs. Sukumar would never live the life he yearned for, but his story would ignite and inspire his nephew and grand-nephew after him.<BR><BR>Bold and bracing, intimate and heartbreaking, Deviants examines the histories we inherit and the legacies we leave behind.<BR><BR>'Bhattacharya's storytelling talents are limitless' Nikesh Shukla, praise for One Small Voice<BR><BR>A joy to read, a full universe of feeling ... A born storyteller' Max Porter, praise for One Small Voice

The realm of ancient wisdom and cryptic knowledge has long fascinated scholars, researchers, and spiritual seekers alike. Among the many esoteric texts that have intrigued generations, Siri Bhoovalayaa stands out as a truly miraculous work. This book, encoded in an intricate mathematical and linguistic framework, is an enigmatic treasure that intertwines spirituality, philosophy, and science. It is an unprecedented creation that transcends linguistic barriers, embedding its wisdom within an elaborate matrix of symbols, numbers, and letters.Siri Bhoovalayaa: A Miraculous Book seeks to unravel the mysteries of this ancient Jain text, believed to have been authored by Kumudendu Muni in the early centuries. Unlike conventional literary works, Siri Bhoovalayaa does not follow a traditional script but is composed using a unique numerical code system, making its decoding an ongoing challenge for scholars and enthusiasts worldwide. The text is said to encompass the knowledge of multiple languages, philosophies, and scientific principles, making it a marvel of human intellect and spiritual depth.The book is structured in two parts. The first part provides an overview of Siri Bhoovalayaa, addressing frequently asked questions about its origin, significance, structure, and impact. It delves into the complexities of the Kumudendu Code Table, the mathematical and cryptographic techniques involved in its encoding, and the ongoing efforts to decode and interpret its wisdom. This section also explores the philosophical and cultural significance of Siri Bhoovalayaa, reflecting on why it is considered one of the greatest literary and spiritual wonders of the world.The second part of the book broadens the perspective by exploring the intricate relationship between mathematics, spirituality, and enlightenment. Through various chapters, it examines sacred geometry, the influence of numbers in meditation and spiritual practices, and the parallels between quantum physics and Eastern philosophies. The book also sheds light on the significance of fractals, calculus, and algorithms in spiritual growth, offering a unique blend of scientific inquiry and metaphysical thought.By presenting this work, I aim to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of Siri Bhoovalayaa-its historical context, unique structure, and the ongoing journey of decoding its profound knowledge. This book is not merely an academic exploration but a bridge connecting ancient wisdom with contemporary thought, inspiring future generations to engage in the pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment.I extend my gratitude to all researchers, scholars, and spiritual seekers whose relentless efforts continue to illuminate the path toward understanding Siri Bhoovalayaa. It is my hope that this book serves as a valuable resource for those eager to delve into the mysteries of this extraordinary text and its unparalleled contribution to human thought.

Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize<BR>Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Gregg Barios Book in Translation PrizeA monumental first collection in English from Banu Mushtaq: lawyer, activist, champion of Muslim women, and winner of India's highest literary honors.<BR>In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humor, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq's years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women's rights and protested all forms of caste and religious oppression.<BR>Written in a style at once witty, vivid, colloquial, moving and excoriating, it's in her characters--the sparky children, the audacious grandmothers, the buffoonish maulvis and thug brothers, the oft-hapless husbands, and the mothers above all, surviving their feelings at great cost--that Mushtaq emerges as an astonishing writer and observer of human nature, building disconcerting emotional heights out of a rich spoken style. Her opus has garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards; this is a collection sure to be read for years to come.<BR>

Herausragendes Debüt: die Geschichte Pakistans mit einer zärtlichen Liebe im MittelpunktBrooklyn, 2022: Ayukta schuldet ihrer Frau eine Antwort auf die Frage, die sie immer vermieden hat: Sollen sie ein Kind bekommen? Die Entscheidung wird durch die Geschichte ihrer Familie erschwert - denn Ayukta trägt nicht nur ihre eigenen Erinnerungen in sich. Ein Ahnengedächtnis, das sich über tausend Jahre erstreckt und alle Frauen in ihrer Familie miteinander verbindet, ist gleichzeitig eine unmögliche Bürde und ein unglaubliches Geschenk. Ayukta durchlebt das Trauma ihrer Großmutter Amla, die vor dem Tod ihrer Mutter ein glückliches Kind in Karatschi war und während der Teilung des Landes auswandern muss. Amlas Tochter Arni führt uns nach Gujarat im Jahr 1974, wo die Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter und die Unterschiede zwischen den städtischen Klassen herausgefordert werden, während eine von Studenten angeführte politische Bewegung für instabile Verhältnisse sorgt. Ayukta erzählt nicht nur ihre eigene Geschichte, sondern auch von den blutigen Jahren der Teilung ihres Heimatlandes, ganze Jahrzehnte voller Liebe, Verlust, Herzschmerz und Wiedergeburt.

'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie<BR>'Every new work from her is a gift' - Kamila Shamsie<BR>'Rosarita is transcendent . . . a testament to Desai's enduring genius as a writer' - The Guardian<BR>'Tantalising' - Financial Times<BR><BR>From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and a young woman's determination to forge her own path.<BR><BR>A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has no connection to. It is bliss.<BR><BR>And then a woman approaches her. The woman claims to recognize Bonita because she is the spitting image of her mother, who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young artist. No, says Bonita, my mother didn't paint. She never travelled to Mexico. But this strange woman insists, and so Bonita follows her. Into a story where Bonita and her mother will move apart and come together, and where the past threatens to flood the present, or re-write it.<BR><BR>Praise for Anita Desai <BR><BR>'Bewitchingly beautiful' - The Times<BR>'Profoundly elegiac' - New Statesman

The land of Punjab is a land of stories. People from different regions like Aryans, Greeks, Turks, Iranians, Afghans, while influencing the political life of Punjab with their arrival, also brought their civilization and culture with them and thus the cultural life of Punjab accepted different influences. The mood of speaking and listening to oneself has become so ingrained in the veins and fibers of the people here that their life itself has become a story. Therefore, it would be better if the land of Punjab would be called a land of stories. If the story of Punjab is rich, it is also a mirror of its era. The literature of Punjab is successfully trying to make its place in world literature along with other languages ¿¿of the country. This book is a selection of some stories of Punjab./¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿

Bombay, Indien, 1937: Die berühmte Malerin Mira Novak wird nach einer Fehlgeburt ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert. Krankenschwester Sona übernimmt Miras Pflege und lauscht in den folgenden Tagen den prächtigen Erzählungen der Künstlerin über ihre Reisen und die vielen Liebhaber, die Mira in Europa zurückgelassen hat. Die beiden Frauen freunden sich an. Mira verkörpert für Sona all das, was sie in ihrem eigenen engen Leben nicht besitzt: Unabhängigkeit, Stärke, kreative Freiheit.Doch kurz darauf verstirbt Mira und hinterlässt Sona einen Brief, verbunden mit einem Auftrag, und vier ihrer liebsten Gemälde. Sona tritt daraufhin eine Reise auf den Spuren ihrer berühmten Freundin an, die sie für immer verändern wird.

A BTS fan favorite! A WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED “A boldly original piece of fiction, plumbing the depths of the human condition with plenty of humor along the way.”—Entertainment WeeklyNow available in a convenient pocket-sized portable Nomad Edition, the poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say “thank you,” and when to laugh.Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school, and they develop a surprising bond.As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life at risk, Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be.Readers of R. J. Palaccio’s Wonder and Benjamin Ludwig’s Ginny Moon will appreciate this “resonant” story that “gives Yunjae the courage to claim an entirely different story.” (Booklist, starred review).Translated from the Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER<BR> <BR>From “world-class writer” (The Washington Post) and three-time Booker finalist Anita Desai, an exquisitely written stunning exploration of love, place, memory, history, and the secrets between a mother and her daughter.<BR><BR>Away from her home in India to study Spanish, Bonita sits on a bench in El Jardin de San Miguel, Mexico, basking in the park’s lush beauty, when she slowly becomes aware that she is being watched. An elderly woman approaches her, claiming that she knew Bonita’s mother—that they had been friends when Bonita’s mother had lived in Mexico as a talented young artist. Bonita tells the stranger that she must be mistaken; her mother was not a painter and had never travelled to Mexico. Though the stranger leaves, Bonita cannot shake the feeling that she is being followed.<BR> <BR>Days later, haunted by the encounter, Bonita seeks out the woman, whom she calls The Trickster, and follows her on a tour of what may, or may not, have been her mother’s past. As a series of mysterious events brilliantly unfold, Bonita is unable to escape The Trickster’s presence, as she is forced to confront questions of truth and identity, and specters of familial and national violence.<BR> <BR>A masterpiece of storytelling from a gifted writer, Rosarita is a profound mediation on mothers and marriage, art and self-expression, and how the traumas from the past can impact future generations.