20th Century

The Kassims are a traditional Indian Muslim family, living in Southern Rhodesia in the 1950s and 60s, where they enjoy a wealth of new opportunities but are held down by white racism and are torn apart by their own changing values.Kulsum wants her...

A rebellious yet human portrait of India's bustling Bombay, as told by one of the greatest Urdu writers of the last century: Saadat Hasan Manto. 'The undisputed master of the modern Indian short story' Salman Rushdie, ObserverIn the 1930s and 40s, Bombay...

Rabindranath Tagore published his first volume of poetry at the age of thirteen. He went on to become a towering figure in Bengali and world literature.Tagore was remarkably productive over his long life; his complete works fill 32 large volumes and...

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this' THE TIMES'The Romantics looks to Flaubert's Sentimental Education, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp...

By the author of Black Narcissus and The Diddakoi comes the moving tale of Dark Invader, a powerful racehorse. '[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal' ROSIE THOMAS, GUARDIAN 'One of...

Gita Mehta's captivating and enchanting novel tells the story of a retired beurocrat who has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957756042Author Saadat Hasan MantoFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Ghazal Sara Dot OrgPublisher Ghazal Sara Dot OrgWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143448471Author Geetanjali ShreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 696Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Best known for his immensely popular Feluda mysteries and the adventures of Professor Shonku, Satyajit Ray was also one of the most skilful short-story writers of his generation. Ray's short stories often explore the macabre and the supernatural,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780593081808Author Jai ChakrabartiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250899903Author Ruthvika RaoFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 454g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454950691Author Rajasree VariyarFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Union Square & Co.Publisher Union Square & Co.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645600855Author Krushna Prasad MishraFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Black Eagle BooksPublisher Black Eagle BooksWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358727272Author Aziz AhmadFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Taemeer PublicationsPublisher Taemeer PublicationsWeight(grams) 68g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685030131Author Manisha RoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 367g

A devastating drought. A city ripe with secrets. A family with a past just waiting to be discovered. Recently, Shyamala Mehta’s life in LA feels stagnant: she’s undervalued at work, newly single, and constantly clashing with her marriage-obsessed mother...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454948766Author Rajasree VariyarFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Union Square & Co.Publisher Union Square & Co.