<p><strong>Broken Threads</strong></p>.<p>Mishal Husain</p>.<p>Fourth Estate, pp 336, Rs 499</p>.<p>This gripping family history follows a nation becoming ever more divided in the face of social inequality, civil disobedience and the Second World War.</p>.<p><strong>Metamorphoses</strong></p>.<p>Karolina Watroba</p>.<p>Hachette, pp 256, Rs 799</p>.<p>This is a non-chronological journey through Kafka’s life, drawing together literary scholarship with the responses of his readers through time.</p>.<p><strong>Talashnama</strong></p>.<p>Ismail Darbesh and V Ramaswamy (translator)</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 572, Rs 699</p>.<p>This is a thrilling literary tour de force, where love, religion, modernity and politics collide. It is also an evocative inquiry into the uncertainties and challenges of being Muslim in today’s India.</p>.<p><strong>The Big Book Of Odia Literature</strong></p>.<p>Manu Dash</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 352, Rs NA</p>.<p>This careful curation features essays, stories, poems, and plays that have defined the culture of a state and a people. A first of its kind, the volume is for lovers of linguistic history and literary traditions.</p>.<p><strong>Book Of Nature</strong></p>.<p>Deepa Agarwal</p>.<p>Hachette, pp 288, Rs 499</p>.<p>Read some of the best writing by wildlife experts, bestselling authors, nature writers, adventurers and explorers. Feel oh-so-lucky about being on this life-giving Earth, and open your eyes to how we are harming it and endangering our future.</p>
<p><strong>Broken Threads</strong></p>.<p>Mishal Husain</p>.<p>Fourth Estate, pp 336, Rs 499</p>.<p>This gripping family history follows a nation becoming ever more divided in the face of social inequality, civil disobedience and the Second World War.</p>.<p><strong>Metamorphoses</strong></p>.<p>Karolina Watroba</p>.<p>Hachette, pp 256, Rs 799</p>.<p>This is a non-chronological journey through Kafka’s life, drawing together literary scholarship with the responses of his readers through time.</p>.<p><strong>Talashnama</strong></p>.<p>Ismail Darbesh and V Ramaswamy (translator)</p>.<p>HarperCollins, pp 572, Rs 699</p>.<p>This is a thrilling literary tour de force, where love, religion, modernity and politics collide. It is also an evocative inquiry into the uncertainties and challenges of being Muslim in today’s India.</p>.<p><strong>The Big Book Of Odia Literature</strong></p>.<p>Manu Dash</p>.<p>Penguin, pp 352, Rs NA</p>.<p>This careful curation features essays, stories, poems, and plays that have defined the culture of a state and a people. A first of its kind, the volume is for lovers of linguistic history and literary traditions.</p>.<p><strong>Book Of Nature</strong></p>.<p>Deepa Agarwal</p>.<p>Hachette, pp 288, Rs 499</p>.<p>Read some of the best writing by wildlife experts, bestselling authors, nature writers, adventurers and explorers. Feel oh-so-lucky about being on this life-giving Earth, and open your eyes to how we are harming it and endangering our future.</p>