The Story of Babur
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Anuradha's lucid and lively retelling of the Baburnama will introduce this classic of world literature to a new generation of young readers.
Anuradha Roy Book order
Anuradha Roy crafts narratives that delve into the intricacies and contrasts of Indian society. Her works explore the depths of human relationships, examining themes of identity, memory, and politics. Roy's prose is both poetic and incisive, often employing rich imagery to depict intimate and societal landscapes. Her writing offers readers a unique lens through which to understand life in India.
- 2022
- 2021
Moving its protagonists between India and Britain, The Earthspinner shows the many ways in which the East encounters the West, fanaticism wars tirelessly against reason, and the individual's creative desires struggle against a populace's basic instinct for destruction.
- 2018
All the Lives We Never Lived
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
An artist's escape from a stultifying marriage is set against India's fight for independence and a world war, in a sweeping new novel by the Man Booker longlisted author of Sleeping on Jupiter
- 2015
Sleeping on Jupiter
- 250 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, "Sleeping on Jupiter" explores themes of violence, love, and religion in modern India. Three elderly women meet a young filmmaker, Nomi, on a train to Jarmuli. As their lives intertwine over five days, the town's dark history unfolds, revealing a haunting narrative of transformation and resilience.
- 2012
The Folded Earth
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
A woman struggles with her past, as she sees her familiar world being swept away by India's brutal modernity.
- 2012
Desperate to leave tragedy behind Maya seeks refuge as a teacher in a remote Indian mountain village, where she helps a young girl to correspond with a lover until outside forces hijack local elections and violently threaten the villagers.
- 2007
A love story - as beautiful as it is unbearably sad - about two people who choose each other when others have abandoned them.
