Translated from Kannada by Deepa BhasthiPublished by Penguin India / And Other Stories, 2025, 216 pages. Original versions of stories first published in 2013 and 2023. A woman whose husband leaves her for another woman is saved by her children; a man who becomes obsessed with a pair of high-heeled shoes forces his wife to …
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The Last Day: Jaroslavas Melnikas
Translated from Lithuanian by Marija MarcinkutePublished by Noir Press, 2018, 175 pages. Original version published in 2018. The Last Day is a book of absurdist short stories by a Lithuanian writer. The protagonists, mainly men (with one exception), are victims of circumstance, caught up in strange situations that they cannot control. In the title story, …
Atwood, again and again
Review by Usha Raman Publishing details: The Handmaid's Tale, published by Everyman / Virago, 1985, 392 pages. The Robber Bride, published by DoubleDay / Virago, 1993, 576 pages. Wilderness Tips, published by Nan A. Talese / Virago, 288 pages. Moral Disorder, published by Bloomsbury Publishing / Virago, 2006, 272 pages. I encountered Margaret Atwood first …
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