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Saturday, December 11, 2004

Exactly like Caravaggio

Paul Johnson has his portrait painted.
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My Books: My Country Is Literature

My Books: My Country Is Literature

Clouds

Clouds
A novel about new India and old India. "A varicolored book of marvelous comedy and mythical brightness. Clouds is a strangely beautiful and unforgettable sleight-of-hand -- a new kind of novel in the long snaking family of novels." Lila Azam Zanganeh, author of The Enchanter & Man Booker judge

Days of My China Dragon

Days of My China Dragon
A book about food and fellowship in a small restaurant in Bombay

Arzee the Dwarf

Arzee the Dwarf
Named one of "60 Essential Works of Modern Indian literature in English" by World Literature Today. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Book Award 2010. Published in German (DTV) and Spanish (Plataforma) translations in 2012

India: A Traveller's Literary Companion

India: A Traveller's Literary Companion
Salman Rushdie, Vikram Chandra, Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay and more! (Whereabouts Press, USA, 2010; HarperCollins India, 2011)

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