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Book Reviews

Jhumpa Lahiri: The Author of Anywhere

Nandini Nair

Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, written in Italian and translated into English, refreshes her themes of solitude and belonging with renewed vigour

Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri
Leave the World Behind /
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Edge of the Abyss

A middle-class American family confront uncomfortable truths in a time of crisis

A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump /
A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump
Meenakshi Ahamed
Portraits of Power

The India-US relationship as a study in leadership

India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present /
India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present
Shivshankar Menon
Living With China

New Delhi has a chance to build coalitions of the willing to shape Beijing’s behaviour

First Person Singular /
First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami | Translated by Philip Gabriel
Haruki Murakami: Enchanter Emeritus

The familiar and the fantastical permeate a new collection of stories by Haruki Murakami

1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness /
1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness
Boria Majumdar and Gautam Bhattacharya
Once Upon a Time at the Oval

The twin series triumphs in England and the West Indies in 1971 were the ‘Renaissance of Indian Cricket’

Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir  /
Fractured Freedom: A Prison Memoir
Kobad Ghandy
The Principled Life of Kobad Ghandy

Memoirs of a man who was born into affluence but chose a life of struggle

Trail of the Tiger Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray: A Journey /
Trail of the Tiger Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray: A Journey
Radheshyam Jadhav
The Son’s Rise

Uddhav Thackeray’s unexpected survival and success

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism  /
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Mariana Mazzucato
Wanted: A New Capitalism

Mariana Mazzucato argues that in the post-pandemic world governments need to shape innovation rather than merely fix market failures

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