Wow!...good news has come...Salman Rushdie's new book
The Enchatress of florence is published and reach to the market. Jhumpa Lahiri is also there with his new book
Unaccustomed Earth and you come to know that Arundhati Roy is also out with her new book Shape
of the beast!
Three great authers and there three big creations... First four months othe year 2008 sets the tone for the rest of the year, in which you can see industry heavyweights like Amitav Ghosh, Shobhaa De, Chetan Bhagat and former President Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam release new books.
....and what about the Indian readers?... Publisher Pramod Kapoor of Roli
books thinks like this..." Last year was Quite a lean period, this year Offers a variety to choose from." The year also looks promising in terms of sales.Says Vijay Pratap sing, store manager,Oxford Bookstore," We are getting a lot of orders for rushdie's latest and the young crowd is already waiting for Bhagat's latest." Titled
The three mistakes of my life,Bhagat's book will be launched in Delhi on May 9.
It's not only
novels that will make 2008 a literary year.Says Anuj Bahry of Red Ink Literary Agency," I'd rate 2008as the year of
short stories .Look at Kunal Basu or Jhumpa Lahiri, their books are compilation of short stories." But thats not good news according to him.
" Unfortunately, 90 per cent of people don't want to read short stories.They'd rather read a novel,"..But he is not predicting only gloom; he believes that 2009 will be more better in terms of novels.
More abstracts about the 2008 Is the Year of Indian Writing!