List - November 2013 (750 KB PDF)

Hiroshima. Finally, devastatingly, the war is over. 1962. Rupert is now strategic advisorto Lord Mountbatten, and his close confidant. Pamela is eighteen and has moved toLondon, eager for love 1945. The Second World War has gone on too long. Shops areclosed 'for the duration'. Trains run a restricted service 'for the duration'. Life haspaused, for the duration. A little girl, Pamela, is growing up fast. A young Englishman,Rupert Blundell, vows there'll be no more wars. Both are waiting for their lives to begin.Then comes Hiroshima. Finally, devastatingly, the war is over. 1962. Rupert is nowstrategic advisor to Lord Mountbatten, and his close confidant. Pamela is eighteen andhas moved to London, eager for love.Helen Oyeyemi – Boy, Snow, Bird'Boy, Snow, Bird' is a deeply moving novel about three women and the strangeconnection between them. It confirms Helen Oyeyemi's place as one of the mostoriginal and dynamic literary voices of her generation.Prajwal Parajuly – Land where I fleeTo commemorate Chitralekha Nepauney's Chaurasi ­ her landmark 84th birthday ­Chitralekha's grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok to pay their respects. Agastaya isflying in from New York. Although a successful oncologist at only thirty­three he isdreading his family's inquisition into why he is not married, and terrified that the reasonfor his bachelordom will be discovered. Joining him are Manasa and Bhagwati, comingfrom London and Colorado respectively. One the Oxford­educated achiever; the otherthe disgraced eloper ­ one moneyed but miserable; the other ostracized but optimistic.All three harbour the same dual objective: to emerge from the celebrations with theirgrandmother's blessing and their nerves intact: a goal that will become increasinglyimpossible thanks to a mischievous maid and a fourth, uninvited guest.David Park – The poets’ wives22