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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
2025 International Booker Prize winning collection of short stories
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (Kannada: ಎದೆಯ ಹಣತೆ, romanized: edeya haṇate) is a collection of 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 collection comprises 12 stories exploring the lives of Muslim women in southern India, focusing on themes of patriarchy, gender inequality, and resilience. The book won the International Booker Prize in 2025: the first Kannada-language work and the first collection of short stories to receive this award.
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