
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq
Deepa Bhasthi (Translation), Original language: Kannada
Paperback, 192 pages
9781916751163
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Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025
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In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards. 'A significant presence in Kannada literature, Banu Mushtaq reveals the varied realities of contemporary women with rare talent and art.
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Banu Mushtaq
Deepa Bhasthi (Translation), Original language: Kannada
Paperback, 192 pages
9781916751163
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Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025
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In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards. 'A significant presence in Kannada literature, Banu Mushtaq reveals the varied realities of contemporary women with rare talent and art.

















