India · English
The Things We Preserve
I wanted to write historical fiction somewhat outside of the genre,” says poet Rebecca Perry. In her Booker-shortlisted debut novel, May We Feed the King, she does exactly that, favouring specific, sensory details of an event over larger ones, such as names and timelines. The novel follows an unnamed curator who restores monuments and preserves artefacts until she encounters a forgotten king,…
Read the full report at New Indian Express →
About this page
AKHBAARI groups the same story across publishers so you can see who is reporting it and how they differ. The summary above is machine-generated from the publisher's own feed text and is labelled as such. The full report stays with the publisher, who holds copyright in it. See our editorial policy.