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Bloomsbury to Publish The Calligrapher’s Daughter by Eugenia Kim

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Bloomsbury to Publish The Calligrapher’s Daughter by Eugenia Kim ‘A beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history’ Publishers’ Weekly ‘A wonderfully nuanced historical portrait’, Anita Sethi, Independent Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to…

Book Review: The Town that Laughed by Manu Bhattathiri

Book Name: The Town that Laughed Author: Manu Bhattathiri Publisher: Aleph Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Change is coming to the tranquil town of Karuthupuzha, nestled deep within the lush Kerala countryside. The mighty black river, after which the town is named,…

Book Review: Acid by Sangeetha Sreenivasan

Book Name: Acid Author: Sangeetha Sreenivasan Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Two striking women, Kamala and Shaly, helm an unusual household, fuelled by their intense, tempestuous romance in a rapidly changing Bangalore. Downstairs, Kamala’s sons take care of…