Reads from around the world, now in bookstore shelves and my TBR list!
Kintu is a modern classic, a multilayered narrative that reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.
“A tale of a rivalry between two well-to-do widows and next-door-neighbors in South Africa…On the surface, author Yewande Omotoso presents a war of wits, but the story also addresses the history of colonialism, slavery, class and race as tensions come to a head.”―Time (25 Female-Driven Books, Movies, and Shows We Can’t Wait to Get Our Hands on in 2017)
“A classic tale of wealth and moral ruin.” —The New Yorker
Ghachar Ghochar is a quietly enthralling, deeply unsettling novel about the shifting meanings—and consequences—of financial gain in contemporary India.