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1. Tara: A play in two acts
By: Mahesh Dattani
3.94
Format: 61 pages, Hardcover
‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri Tara and Chandan have always been close. Th… read more
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- india
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2. The Good Woman of Setzuan
By: Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley
3.67
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In 1952, Hannah Arendt hailed Bertolt Brecht as "beyond a doubt the greatest living German poet and… read more
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- fiction
"Carpenter: "Call Shen Te, someone! She's good!" Shui Ta: "Certainly. She's ruined."-Bertolt Brecht, The Good Woman of Setzuan
3. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more
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- fiction
"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
4. Em and The Big Hoom
By: Jerry Pinto
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, … read more
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- indian literature
- india
- fiction
"What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?"-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Was there a drain?' 'No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"otherwise, she was Em, and most of the time she was Em with an exclamation mark."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
5. This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War
By: Samanth Subramanian
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a b… read more
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- india
"In the absence of ancient hatreds, chauvinism can easily rustle up modern ones."-Samanth Subramanian, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War
"But the heart weakens without democracy , and there was no democracy within the Tigers. They antagonized their own brothers by killing them."-Samanth Subramanian, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War
"[Speaking to 29-year-old ex-guerrilla] 'I see it as a process. First, yes, you do negotiate. But if that does not work, then you have to use violence to get what you need. Even if you have to bomb a …"-Samanth Subramanian, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War
"It is the postscript to the war that offers the most revelatory and startling commentary on Dutugemunu's life. Despite his newfound wealth and his peactime luxuries, Dutugemunu wanders gloomily about…"-Samanth Subramanian, This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War
6. An Artist of the Floating World
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.77
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art so… read more
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- fiction
"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something. #Page: 120"-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
7. V for Vendetta
By: Alan Moore , David Lloyd
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
"Remember, remember the fifth of November..." A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedo… read more
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- fiction
8. The Shadow Lines
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one Eng… read more
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- indian literature
- india
- fiction
9. Mortality
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens wa… read more
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10. The God of Small Things
By: Arundhati Roy
3.96
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with… read more
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- indian literature
- india
- fiction
"If you're happy in a dream, does that count?"-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"Thirty-one. Not old. Not young. But a viable die-able age."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
"That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
11. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard , None
3.48
Format: None pages,
Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more
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12. Kari
By: Amruta Patil
3.29
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
They were inseparable - until the day they jumped. Ruth, saved by safety nets, leaves the city. Kar… read more
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13. Family Matters
By: Rohinton Mistry
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Paperback
Rohinton Mistry's enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait o… read more
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14. Rhinocéros
By: Eugène Ionesco , None
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Tous les chats sont mortels. Socrate est mortel. Donc Socrate est un chat." Tout langage stereotyp… read more
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15. Bhimayana
By: Srividya Natarajan , S. Anand , None , Subhash Vyam
3.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be an untouchable in India? Why do some Indians despise the touch of others? B… read more
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16. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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- fiction
"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
17. Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)
By: Rick Riordan
4.01
Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition
The trouble starts when Apollo introduces Percy and his friend Grover the satyr to the Chryseae Cel… read more
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"Grover pulled a blindfold out of his pocket and suggested Pin the Tail on the Human, which made me kind of nervous since I was the only human."-Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)
"Since she is a dryad, Juniper’s life source is tied to a juniper bush back on Long Island, but Grover explained that she can take short trips away from home as long as she keeps a handful of fresh ju…"-Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, #5.1)
18. Water Under the Bridge (Perks & Benefits #1)
By: Kels Stone
3.61
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Debut authors Kels & Denise Stone make waves in this sexy, rivals-to-lovers, workplace romantic com… read more
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19. The Blood We Crave: Part One (The Hollow Boys, #3)
By: Monty Jay
4.09
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
My secrets are infested with infatuation. His cravings are dripping in blood. Is it love? … read more
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20. The Education of Yuri
By: Jerry Pinto
4.13
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more
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- india
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