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South Asian Fiction

Some fiction recommendations for south asian literature!

1. 1

   Kartography

   Kamila Shamsie

   A 2002 novel tracing friendship, love, and inherited divisions through the lives of Raheen and Karim in Karachi.

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2. 2

   Interpreter of Maladies

   Jhumpa Lahiri

   This Pulitzer Prize–winning collection of nine stories explores identity, migration, and relationships among Indians and Indian Americans.

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3. 3

   The God of Small Things

   Arundhati Roy

   Roy’s 1997 Booker Prize-winning novel follows twins in Kerala whose family is torn apart by caste boundaries, forbidden love, and loss.

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