Mojaffor Hossain, translated from the Bengali by Rituparna Mukherjee — Excerpt: Hello, this is Himadri. My house is at 3/3 Blind Lane, I have a corpse in my house.
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Wani Nazir — Excerpt: Manchanda’s comprehensive description reminds me of Narayan’s Malgudi, which is very place-based, or Anita Desai’s researched landscapes. But his view is full of life, character, and joy in the small things in life.
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Sumitra Singam — Excerpt: Dear Sir (there’s no way you’re a Madam), I write to express my extreme discontentment with your product.
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Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya — Excerpt: The salt cup fell from my hand. Tope Alabi flew away from my mouth. I almost burnt my eggs.
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Wani Nazir — Excerpt: Choudhary doesn’t write about real life in the usual way; his world is strange and frenetic. The holy and the vile walk hand in hand. Sometimes a prayer turns into a protest. Sen has a hard job expressing that tilt, when faith turns into irony.
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