Set during the early years of this century this book recaptues the texture of family life in Delhi.
Twilight in Delhi
... should I do, please the wife or please the belly? . . . She is still good to bear ten more children. But I am growing old and can't play up to her.' 'Pass her to me, then,' said Ghafoor jovially. 'I will 162 Twilight in Delhi.
A Season in Queens
When his sexual abuse leads to a botched, illegal abortion, Erin marries her memory to her imagination to portray A Season in Queens that will change her life forever.
A Bad Character
The highly acclaimed story of a young woman in New Dehli, and the love that both shatters and forever changes her—offering an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a ...
The Hussaini Alam House
When nine-year-old Ayman arrives in Hyderabad in the early 1950s to come and live at the Hussaini Alam House, she little realizes that the house, and its many inmates, will come to haunt her life and shape her destiny as she grows to become ...
An Obedient Father
Revised and featuring a new foreword by the author, this uncompromising novel returns, more powerful than ever: "A portrait of a country ravaged by vendetta and graft, its public spaces loud with the complaints of religious bigots and its ...
The Lyrical Novel
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
Journey to Ithaca
A stirring, profound exploration of emotional exile, of sacred and profane loves, Journey to Ithaca is a masterful novel.