fiction

Fractured Lives

Saurabh Sharma

A daughter’s quest for her father helps her find herself

‘Character means everything to me in my writing,’ says Monica Ali

Nandini Nair

Monica Ali’s new novel deals with love and betrayal, race and gender. She speaks to Nandini Nair about interrogating stereotypes

The Normality of Evil

Nandini Nair

Upamanyu Chatterjee’s seventh novel opens with the discovery of a dead body in a park. He speaks to Nandini Nair about creating crafty characters and the villainy principle

Isabel Allende: The Reckoning

Sharanya Manivannan

Isabel Allende’s new novel is about a woman steeped in history

Set in Stone

Raunaq Saraswat

A Delhi saga spanning two hundred years foregrounds the masons and labourers

The Garden of Forking Paths

Nandini Nair

After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel. Upamanyu Chatterjee makes his debut as a crime writer. Booker-winning authors Julian Barnes and Douglas Stuart release their much awaited novels