Kultural Revolution

Han Kang: Sublime and Subversive

The new Nobel laureate in literature plumbs the fears and fragility of the human soul with such wicked relish

Ismail Kadare (1936-2024): Balkan Conscience

He brought Albania to Europe and redefined literary resistance to totalitarianism

Editor’s Note

Under Western Eyes

How to counter a civilisational subversion

Jon Fosse: Master of Mystic Realism

The Norwegian author wins the Nobel Prize in literature for his linguistic inventiveness

History as Palimpsest

Over one hundred scholars map the origins and evolution of India

KR Meera: Write and Subvert

KR Meera’s new novel opens with an attempted murder. The author speaks about the trigger of the plot, the pains of writing and the importance of truth telling

The Free Fall of Leaves

The poet who has discovered the syntax of liberation

Young at Heart

Exploring the eternal inner child through art and literature