NONFICTION
Released: March 15, 2012
"An honest, conflicted glimpse of a country "still sorting through the contradictions of a rapid, and inevitably messy, transformation.""
Lively, anecdotal look at the people who have been vastly changed by the entrepreneurial explosion in India.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"Gritty, gripping and often heartbreaking--an impressive piece of narrative nonfiction."
NONFICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"At times a bit dense for the casual reader, but Eck's perseverance illuminates one of the world's most mysterious and multifaceted countries."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 14, 2012
"Gage beautifully describes the waters that evoke the transformative moments of Maya's journey. Yet Parvati, the curse-caster, remains mysteriously underdeveloped. A lovely read, but a missed opportunity to delve deeply into the superstitions that still lurk in our modern minds."
Can goddesses walk among us? Can an entire family really be cursed? Can a modern woman find her inner goddess?
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2012
"The best book yet written on India in the throes of a brutal transition."
In her debut, Pulitzer Prize–winning
New Yorker staff writer Boo creates an intimate, unforgettable portrait of India's urban poor.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 6, 2011
"A deft exploration of the limits people place on themselves by trying to cling to the past."
The three protagonists in this trio of novellas struggle with fulfilling their desires while life in modern India speeds past them.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 25, 2011
"A bell-clear exposé of corporate greed and governmental malfeasance that should—if there is any justice in the world—provoke a furious backlash in the name of human dignity."
In a well-documented indictment, investigative journalist Roy (Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy, 2009, etc.) presents the case against the Indian government's murderous policies toward the country's tribal population.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2011
" With passion and grace, Deb deftly paints a vivid picture of the difficulties and dichotomies facing the people of today's India."
A frank look at modern India, told through the stories of its most hopeful and its most desperate people.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Adiga nails the culture of corruption. How exciting to watch a writer come into his own, surpassing the achievement of his first novel."
Two strong-willed men, a developer and a holdout, propel this gripping second novel about real estate, greed and community in Mumbai (Bombay), India; Adiga won the Man Booker prize for his debut (
The White Tiger, 2008).
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FICTION
Released: June 21, 2011
"Written with piercing beauty, alive with moral passion and sorrowful insight--a rueful masterpiece."
In his magnificent first novel, poet Majmudar (
O°, O°, 2009) embodies the terrible days following the partition of India and Pakistan in the stories of four refugees from sectarian violence.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 10, 2011
"A perfectly chaotic encapsulation of Indian government, economy and social life."
A rollicking, ambitious journey through Indian history and mores from a keen English journalist and National Book Critics Circle Award winner.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 20, 2010
"Miller is a delightful tour guide, capturing this "monstrous, addictive city" as it stumbles toward the future."
NONFICTION
Released: May 6, 2008
"A well-wrought historical narrative that adds significantly to our understanding of both figures."
Veteran historian Herman (
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World, 2004, etc.) offers an ambitious, reasoned joint biography of two great men.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 14, 2008
"Baker evokes strange worlds and distant times in a narrative that never fails to flow and that, in the end, is admirably illuminating."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2007
"Lacks a cohesive structure, but entertaining and informative nonetheless."
The successes and failures of contemporary Indian society, supplemented by "An A to Z of Being Indian."
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2001
"The intimacy established in Indira's early years is washed away by snippets of journalism toward the end, leaving this account somewhat unbalanced. Still, this is a rewarding study for Westerners curious about the Nehru dynasty and independent India's tumultuous political history."
