Banu Mushtaq - Heart Lamp: Selected Stories

In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, 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. This is a collection sure to be read for years to come.

Banu Mushtaq is a writer, social activist and lawyer in the state of Karnataka, southern India. The first book-length translation of her work into English will be Heart Lamp: Selected Stories, to be published in 2025.

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ISBN 9781916751170

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