A Case of Sad Marvels
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Title: A Case of Indian Marvels - Dazzling Stories From the Country’s Finest New Writers Editor: David Davidar Publisher: Aleph First Published: 2022 ISBN: 978-93-91047-64-1 Pages: 390 Price: 999/- Thanks are due to Aleph and Purple Pencil Project. The editor was “ surprised by the lack of anthologies that focused exclusively on the work of writers belonging to the millennial generation ” and we are glad that he felt this way. We have these forty stories put together. The authors have been described as India’s “ finest ” and “ most exciting ” new writers. The list also includes well known names like Meena Kandasamy and Prayaag Akbar. The editor is “ frustrated by lack of quality translations ’”. However, he has managed to include five of them - A J Thomas and Rita Kothari are amongst the translators. These stories present voices of today’s India – perspectives of the youth. An India that is unjust but at the same time “ will not dance ” to someone else’s tunes. A generation that ...