About “Heart Lamp: Selected Stories”
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories is a collection of 12 short stories by Indian writer Banu Mushtaq, originally written in Kannada between 1990 and 2023 and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. Published by And Other Stories in the UK on 10 September 2024, the stories focus on the lives of Muslim women in southern India, addressing themes such as patriarchy, gender inequality, and resilience. The collection was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2025, making it the first Kannada-language work and the first collection of short stories to receive this honor. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Some summaries adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.