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Suniti Namjoshi
What do you do when you fall in love with your next-door neighbour? You peer at each other through a hole in the fence and eventually climb over.
Sybil is…
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In this exquisite elegy, Suniti Namjoshi reflects on the life of her sister Bharati, their overlapping yet disparate lives, their nearness and distance, and what it means to belong and…
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Born in Mumbai in 1941, the author is an important figure in contemporary Indian literature in English. This book brings together her writings, starting with Feminist Fables , and including…
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An extended fable. The central theme of this book, of how to live decently and honourably in a cruel and irrational world, is explored through concepts of sainthood, love, and…
Since 1970 Suniti has been writing fables, poetry, prose, autobiography, children’s stories about power, about inequality, about oppression, effectively using the power of language and the literary tradition to expose…
A collection of stories which rework fairytales, Greek and Sanskrit mythology, and mix it with the author’s original material. Other work by the author includes The Conversations of Cow…
What are the ingredients required for building a new world? Is it order or chaos? Is it power or love? An interactive novel, the author invites readers to contribute their…
Imprint. Suniti Namjoshi recaptures the impact of growing up in India and moving to the West. This powerful meditation, part autobiography, part elegy, deconstructs the glamour given to wealth and…
The bestselling 15-book fantasy series –Cover.
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In these tales, a fabulist from the future, referred to as Sprite, hoicks herself back to his century. Why didn’t you save the world? That’s the Sprite’s cry. Aesop, meanwhile…
Hidden stories of unloved queens, girls sprouting wings and wise old kingfishers surface in Suniti Namjoshi’s picture book Blue And Other Stories…The stories are simple but hold out a subtle…
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A stunning evocation of love and friendship shared between S and her lilac Burmese cat, Suki. The days of Suki’s life are figured as leaves which fall irrevocably into time’s…
Foxy Aesop offers a virtuoso display of how one can use the building blocks of a fable in a variety of ways. Eccentric, darkly comic, and wryly amusing, Suniti Namjoshi’s…
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The book is a comparative study of the short stories of three contemporary women writers of different nationalities -Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Suniti Namjoshi - both at the thematic…
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Aditi and friends set out to help the twins Roshan and Rohit who live in London. The River Thames has been poisoned and they are shocked to find out that…
A modern fairytale about an ant, an elephant, a monkey and a girl, who set out to tame a supposedly fiery dragon.
Sunita Namjoshi
In Suki, fabulist Suniti Namjoshi weaves a witty and delightful tapestry from threads of longing, loss, memory, metaphor, and contemplation.
