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Indian Author Mridula Koshy At Asia Bookroom in Early September

We hope you will join us on September 7th to hear Mridula Koshy talk about, and read from, her collection of short stories 'If it is Sweet'. This will be a special night as Mridula Koshy reveals to us stories and hopes based on the lives of ordinary women in Delhi.....
When: 6pm Wednesday September 7th
Where: Asia Bookroom, Lawry Place, Macquarie
RSVP: By Tuesday September 7th to 62515191 or books@AsiaBookroom.com
Admission: By gold coin donation to NTA East Indonesia Aid

Mridula Koshy will be accompanied on her visit to Asia Bookroom by her Australian publisher Kabita Dhara who runs Brass Monkey Books. Brass Monkey Books, an imprint of Australian independent Hunter Publishers, specialises in bringing current and exciting South Asian fiction to Australia. Kabita will talk for a few minutes about what Brass Monkey Books is doing.

About 'If it is Sweet':

A mother farewells her dead children on an unusual pilgrimage; a wife’s affair with an old schoolfriend brings unexpected joy and pain; a young domestic worker rediscovers the husband she thought she had lost. Mridula Koshy tells the stories of ordinary women in Delhi and examines the hope at the centre of their diverse lives.

What has been said about 'If it is Sweet':

‘In brooding, otherworldly prose, Mridula Koshy tells us the stories other writers overlook, or do not wish to tell: the household thoughts that must always remain silent, the disavowed dramas of the city, the heartbreaking proximity of opposite emotions. If It Is Sweet is a book of savage, beautiful writing, whose empathy and curiosity flood over the usual barricades of the imagination – and remind us, indeed, what real writing is.’ – Rana Dasgupta, author of Tokyo Cancelled and Solo, winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

'Rich, intricate, lingering. Mridula Koshy is a craftswoman of unassailable skill.' Josephine Rowe

'These stories, written from the heart for the heart, introduce a remarkable talent. I savoured each and every sweet moment of this wonderful book.' Tony Birch

Join us on Wednesday the 7th of September at 6pm!