Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize

Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize A PEN Translates Award winner In the twelve stories of 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. ‘A significant presence in Kannada literature, Banu Mushtaq reveals the varied realities of contemporary women with rare talent and art. Deepa Bhasthi’s rich translation captures the original’s nuances of voice, context and experience, bringing this important work into English for new readers in India and internationally.’ PEN Presents Selection Panel From the publisher of Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize.Author: Mushtaq, Banu,author,Bhasthi, Deepa,translator
Contributors: Mushtaq, Banu,author,Bhasthi, Deepa,translator
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 8 Apr 2025
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: And Other Stories
Author/Director/Artist: Banu Mushtaq
Dimension (cm): 197x133x13 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 13x195x129 mm
Item Weight (g): 172
Package Weight (g): 168