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Heart Lamp

Heart Lamp

Banu Mushtaq (ಬಾನು ಮುಷ್ತಾಕ್, born 1948)

Translated by Deepa Bhasthi

English editions

In English

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Twelve stories from three decades of writing about the women of the author's community in South India, told in everyday speech and mixing endurance, resistance and satire with a sense of sisterhood under patriarchy.

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About the book

Form
Short stories
Set in
India
First published
2025
Author's age
77 when first published
ISBN

9781916751163 (And Other Stories, United Kingdom)

9780143464471 (Penguin Random House India, India)

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