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03 / 2024
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About the BookA LIVELY AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING COLLECTION OF WRITINGS ABOUT LIFE AND LITERATUREFor more than forty years, Shashi Deshpande has-as a novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist and public figure (in short, as a concerned and engaged citizen)-audibly contributed to the lively public debates on the role of the writer and writing in India and to an understanding of IndiaâÇÖs contemporary social, literary and political issues. She has not been reluctant to insert critical and dissenting notes into the public discourse of her nation. The essays in this volume constantly remind us that Deshpande is first and foremost a reader and a listener actively and compassionately engaged in dialogue with others.áSubversionsáinvites its readers to enter that fascinating dialogue.About the AuthorShashi Deshpande is the author of eleven novels, two crime novellas, a number of short-story collections, a book of essays, and four childrenâÇÖs book. Three of her novels have received awards, most notably the Sahitya Akademi award foráThe Long Silence. She has translated works from Kannada and Marathi into English and her own work has been translated into various Indian and European languages. She has participated in literary conferences and festivals, as well as lectured in universities, both in India and abroad. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2009. Her memoir,áListen to Me, was published by Context in 2019.

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