A train stops at a railway station.A young woman jumps off. She has wild hair, sloppy clothes, a distracted air. She looks Indian, yet she is somehow not. The sudden violence of what happens next leaves the other passengers gasping. The train terminates at Jarmuli, a temple town by the sea. Here, a[...]

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR "THE HINDU "LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION 2011WITH HER DEBUT NOVEL, "An Atlas of Impossible Longing, "Anuradha Roy's exquisite storytelling instantly won readers' hearts around the world, and the novel was named one of the best books[...]

For å legge en stor sorg bak seg flytter Maya til en landsby ved foten av Himalaya. På dagtid underviser hun ved en klosterskole, og om kvelden hjelper Maya den sjarmerende og beleste Diwan Sahib med en biografi han skriver på. Litt etter litt får Maya en ny tilværelse på fote, og livet gir ig[...]