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Editor’s note
This week, newest splainer trainee, Prasanna, curates the latest book releases and a list of delightful literary reads. Also: we’d love to hear your suggestions on what you’d like to see in this section. Please email us at talktous@splainer.in with your comments and suggestions.
Books Releasing in September
- Weather: Lizzie Benson is a full-time librarian as well a fake shrink in her free time. An opportunity to use this ability has her ecstatic, but the questions that haunt people she ‘talks’ to leaves her questioning if she can really make much of a difference. A good read for the troubling times, this Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlisted book is a must-read. (September 1, 2020)
- Tharoorosaurus: The king of vocabulary, Shashi Tharoor, brings us this fun-filled book with unusual words from every alphabet. Be free of your Sesquipedalophobia and get ready to impress! (September 1, 2020)
- Azadi: With the abolishment of Article 370 and passage of CAA and NRC, Arundhati Roy feels the need to calibrate the meaning of ‘Azadi’ (Freedom). In a series of electrifying essays, she implores us to do so. (September 3, 2020)
- Funding Your Startup: From successful stories of start-ups to the not so successful ones, this eye-opening book addresses the issue of raising money in a post-COVID world. (September 14, 2020)
- The Evening And The Morning: Ken Follett’s magnum opus The Pillars Of The Earth—a historical fiction set in 12th century England—gets a worthy prequel in this fascinating book we cannot wait to read! (September 15, 2020)
- Whistleblower: Susan Fowler tells the story of her fight against sexism and sexual harassment that lead to the ousting of Uber’s CEO. (September 15, 2020)
- To Sleep In A Sea Of Stars: Christopher Paolini of The Inheritance Cycle is back, this time with a story of outer space, where our protagonist finds a relic that is more trouble than worth. (September 15, 2020)
- The Heart Asks Pleasure First: In a heartwarming tale of love, Karuna Ezara Parikh reveals how relationships can transcend nationality and religion, and give people the strength to confront the most complex problems. (September 21, 2020)
Brandon Taylor’s Real Life (a Booker Prize nominee), Ali Smith’s Summer, and Nicholas Sparks' The Return are also releasing this month. Ready your pockets!
A fab list of literary reads
- See which literary character climate activist Jane Fonda would love to have a dinner party with, and how she arranges her books in this fun interview.
- Learn why the once mighty Goodreads is not so popular anymore.
- Find out about the ‘painkili sahithyam’ (pulp fiction), a genre in Malayalam literature.
- Did you know a generation of Telugu readers grew up reading Soviet children’s literature? Check out this article for book recommendations.
- Listen to Megha Majumdar talk about her book ‘A Burning’, the life of a writer and how she managed to write a book with three POVs.
- See this brilliant ‘side by side comparison’ of both the trailers of the Dune films. It is an intriguing study of how filmmakers choose to adapt a book.
- Read this fascinating article on how two Bengali intellectuals clashed over vegetarianism in Hindus.
