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Masculine Feminine

Gillian Wright

An investigation of how modern male writers depict women in short stories

Markus Zusak: The Story so Far

Australian author Markus Zusak tells Bhavya Dore about the aftermath of a bestseller success and the joys of a new work

Reality Bites

A psychedelic trip into the abyss

Forever Young

Ruskin Bond and the magic of childhood

Rachel Kushner: ‘For me, judgement is a wall and understanding is on the other side of that wall’

Issues of visibility and invisibility form the crux of Rachel Kushner’s bold and heartbreaking novels

Carlo Pizzati: Intimate Stranger

Being an Italian son-in-law in India

Gary Shteyngart: ‘I love characters in decline’

The new novel by Gary Shteyngart's Lake Success is more ouch-funny than ha-ha funny

The Plot Thickens

Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel has his trademark cliffhangers

Anita Desai: Insider Outsider

The Mexico of Anita Desai has an Indian core that remains resonant to this day

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