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English, August: An Indian Story Upamanyu Chatterjee
Publisher: New York Review Books

The two novels that get more sympathetic reviews are English, August: An Indian Story, by Upamanyu Chatterjee, and Peter Robinson's Piece of My Heart. From 'English, August: And Indian Story' by Upamanyu Chatterjee. I liked the way he wrote the book. I’d already Good translations from non-English Indian languages to English are a recent phenomenon, as is academic work — see for instance an essay on Bengali SF, the grandmother of Indian SF, referenced here. The criminal underworld, life in the slums”—and to some of the Indian writing by the likes of Amit Chaudhuri (The Immortals), R.K. The stories were an indiscriminate mix of earth-bound fairy tales and cosmic voyages, and their flashy covers and melodramatic dialog immediately caught my imagination. Writing random thoughts in presentable way is much more difficult than writing a story. This is from the second I read it, but only got half way. English, August: An Indian Story by Upamanyu Chatterjee My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Now I plan on giving the book to someone as a going-away present. Narayan (The Painter of Signs) and Upamanyu Chatterjee (English, August: An Indian Story). 'English, August: An Indian Story,' by Upamanyu Chatterjee: Up in Smoke.