Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is a stylistically daring writer in love with surrealism, credited with being 'the woman who reintroduced hardcore sexuality to Bengali literature'. But though the (male) establishment used this label of erotica to dismiss her work, the sex scenes have exactly the same transgressive function as her use of chronology and narrative voice.
Wish it, believe it, and it will be so. - Deborah Smith
Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.
- Deborah Smith
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book Fair (which I'd never even heard of be… - Deborah Smith
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book Fair (which I'd never even heard of be…
Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy. - Deborah Smith
Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped … - Deborah Smith
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped …
We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others. - Deborah Smith
We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others.
Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words. - Deborah Smith
Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.
There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. … - Deborah Smith
There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. …
Life doesn't take itself seriously for long. Joy leaves an imprint even in the hardest sorrow. - Deborah Smith
Life doesn't take itself seriously for long. Joy leaves an imprint even in the hardest sorrow.
The hardest memories are the pieces of what might have been. - Deborah Smith
The hardest memories are the pieces of what might have been.
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