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Haava-bhaava

A Booker Prize-winning portrait of a society
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November 2025, no. 481

Heart Lamp: Selected stories by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi

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Haava-bhaava

A Booker Prize-winning portrait of a society
by
November 2025, no. 481

In May this year, a selection of stories compiled and published as Heart Lamp by Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize. One may speculate that the presence on the jury panel of prominent translator Anton Hur might have had a seminal role in swinging matters in favour of such a little-known name. Even in her home country, India, Mushtaq’s win, though celebrated, was greeted with curiosity about who this writer was, and what literary tradition she was writing in. Those curious included putative readers of Kannada and of bhasha literatures more broadly in the Indian subcontinent.

Heart Lamp: Selected stories

Heart Lamp: Selected stories

by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi

Scribe, $29.99 pb, 224 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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