NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2005
"Another triumph for one of the most versatile and engaging of all contemporary writers."
The Indian-born poet (
The Golden Gate, 1986) and novelist (
A Suitable Boy, 1993) extends his already impressive range with this replete family memoir.
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FICTION
Released: April 26, 2006
"Excellent stuff. Let's have Chatterjee's other novels, please."
A slacker seeks career success and sexual fulfillment in Chatterjee's 1988 first novel, since proclaimed a contemporary Indian classic.
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FICTION
Released: April 4, 2008
"An eye for detail, ear for dialogue and command of family dynamics distinguish this uncommonly rich collection."
Lahiri (
The Namesake, 2003, etc.) extends her mastery of the short-story format in a collection that has a novel's thematic cohesion, narrative momentum and depth of character.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 4, 2008
"A cautionary volume that stresses the need to educate, treat and create jobs."
Grim text and photographs depict an India very different from the booming economic superpower-in-training of contemporary myth.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 2010
"A work more narrative than reflective, but Naipaul's prose remains smooth, subtle, often silvery."
In this minor but engaging work, the Nobel Prize winner (
Magic Seeds, 2004, etc.) examines the supernatural and religious beliefs he discovered in six African nations.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 11, 2011
"Despite some minor flaws, Ramachandran produces an exhilarating and at times funny text that invites discussion and experimentation."
Ramachandran (Psychology and Neurosciences/Univ. of California, San Diego;
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, 2005, etc.) sets his sights on explaining the neuroscience that underlies characteristics he considers unique to humans beings.
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