fiction
All books are not created equal; specifically, popular fiction is not equal to literary fiction, at least when it comes to creative positive outcomes on a person’s empathy. A new study published in Science has found that people who read literary fiction gain an immediate benefit to their powers of … Read More
Melville never had to ignore the attraction of satellite television when he penned Moby Dick; Hemingway didn’t have the option of playing Modern Warfare 3 instead of writing A Farewell to Arms; and Shakespeare wouldn’t have needed to write “Sonnet 130” if he could have just texted his feelings to … Read More
Set close to the Heathrow airport feed roads of Hounslow, Gautam Malkani’s Londonstani plunges into a world of desis and goras. Both a classic coming-of-age story and a uniquely refreshing tale for our time, it follows Harjit, Ravi, Amit and Jas as they cruise the streets in Amit’s souped-up Beemer, … Read More
