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Yann Martel: The Bridge of Faith
Yann Martel handles life’s big mysteries with the lightest of touch. Will he finally emerge from the shadow of his blockbuster fiction? The novelist in conversation with Nandini Nair
Colm Tóibín: “I think people still think that men are more important. I just don’t see that”
Irish author Colm Tóibín is known for his accuracy of detail, whether it is in his descriptions of his walk along the Irish border (Bad Blood) or the emotions of Mary after her son’s crucifixion (The Testament of Mary). He talks to Nandini Nair about the rich solitude that domesticity offers, the genius of Jane Austen and watching his book come alive. Excerpts:
Margaret Atwood: Time Keeper
Anchored by dystopias, Margaret Atwood’s prescience has often proved uncanny
JLF 2016: Word at Your Feet
Stars, the star-struck and other delights and diversions at literature’s biggest carnival
Helen Macdonald: “We suffer in silence for the most part”
Helen Macdonald talks about ‘the archaeology of grief’, the influence of Shakespeare and why parrots are vindictive. Excerpts from an interview with Nandini Nair
Steve McCurry: “You are delighted and horrified in India. You are never bored here. It takes you on a journey of discovery”
Steve McCurry speaks to Open about the perils of globalisation, his love for the monsoons and what’s next. Excerpts
The Original
The memoir of a filmmaker who shuttles between the frivolous and the fantastic
Poetic Justice
A political thriller that bears the quiet elegance of its erudition with remarkable lightness
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