Check in every Friday for a new set of five! This week's collection includes Lakshmi Nandan Bora, Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Anuradha Sharma Pujari, Homen Borgohain and Indira Goswami.
Patal Bhairavi by Lakshmi Nandan Bora
The Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel depicts the social and political structures of oppression that push people into the world of crime.
Antoreep by Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Translated as The Hour Before Dawn by Maitreyee Siddhanta Chakravarty
Menoka is devastated when her husband marries again, but she finds strength in a new relationship, and goes on to forge bonds with the new woman and her children.
Jalachabi by Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Her debut novel, Hriday Ek Bigyapan, made her an instant bestseller among the youth, and she returns with the poignant portrayal of a relationship ruptured by Alzheimer's.
Matsyagandha by Homen Borgohain
Translated in The Collected Works of Homen Borgohain by Pradipta Borgohain
The novella follows the fiery protagonist Menaka, a lower-caste fisherwoman, who challenges the subjugation of the upper-castes.
Dontal Hateer Unye Khowda Howda by Indira Goswami
Self-translated as The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker
The recipient of the Jnanpith Award explores the social issues that plague Kamrup from the perspective of a widowed Assamese Brahmin woman in this novel. It has been adapted for the screen.
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