Siddhartha Deb

Siddhartha Deb’s latest novel is The Light at the End of the World.

Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars

Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars

His 1980s novels take the story of America’s postwar years, usually seen as a triumphal rise to perpetual dominance, and converts it into one about a long and chaotic decline.

Jun 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

The Blinding Clarity of John Le Carré

The Blinding Clarity of John Le Carré The Blinding Clarity of John Le Carré

His novels of imperial decline speak to a world that has remained at war since his youth.

Dec 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile

J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile

In writing an allegory that is barely an allegory and a trilogy of novels that are often not novels, Coetzee appears to have made his own literary displacement total. 

Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

What Is India?

What Is India? What Is India?

Why India’s boom years have been a bust.

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India

The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India The Girl From F&B: A Portrait of the New India

Esther studied botany and biochemistry, and ended up serving Cokes to arms dealers in Delhi’s Hotel Shangri-La. She is a station holder, occupied and rootless. Welcome to Ind...

Jul 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

The Idea of England The Idea of England

In the Falling Snow suggests that Caryl Phillips's considerable talents have further calcified into a mannered style.

Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury City of Shards: The Novels of Elias Khoury

Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

The Spoils of Indian Democracy The Spoils of Indian Democracy

Two new books show how perceptions of India have been shaped and distorted by rhapsodic portrayals of its business elite.

Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

Subcontinental Homesick Blues Subcontinental Homesick Blues

Nearly twenty years ago, in a village in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, a young woman called Roop Kanwar was burned to death at her husband's funeral pyre.

Dec 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

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