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The first chapters of the fairy tale were published on The Ickabog website.
'Dhobi Girl' depicts an attractive and intricate web of relationships where you would bump into a surprise every few seconds.
There are women who lost themselves unable to carry the load of being a perfect woman, losing their hopes and even forgetting what their dreams were, says the writer.
The book begins with the earliest memories from a highly intuitive toddler's beautiful world, steeped in magic realism.
This year the festival has decided to go digital with an online LitFest on October 9, 10 and 11.
The New York-born Gluck, 77, is the 16th woman to win the prestigious prize and the first American to receive it since singer-lyricist Bob Dylan in 2016.
Danusri Sreepathy, a 13-year-old teenager in her first attempt to write a book, compiles a few articles on her thoughts, giving a sneak peek into her life in middle school.
The poems and stories can be antidotes to the emotional heft of readers and the book might enthrall readers like a menagerie where limitless hues and shades of life are on display.
Asserting that women's concerns are different from those of their male counterparts, Manreet says, 'Men write about themselves whilst women write the world.'
Jha's book, which is based on the December 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case, was chosen from ten shortlisted books including Amitav Ghosh' 'Gun Island'.
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