
Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize
by Banu Mushtaq
Title:
Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize
Author:
Banu Mushtaq
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192 pages, Illustrations; Illustrations
Publisher:
And Other Stories
ISBN-13:
9781916751163
EAN:
9781916751163
Publication Date:
08/04/2025
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
354
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.










