This is and extract from the novel Still She Cried by Anuradha Bhattacharyya. Her novel One Word has won the prestigious Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Award of Best Book of the year 2016. Chapter 1: All in Her Hands Consider Parul as not capable of thinking straight from the heart. There she was, standing on the balcony of her flat, overlooking the big lawn. She was wearing a … [Read more...]
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The Springfield Overland Trail (Excerpts) | Husam Sweileh
Two Excerpts from The Springfield Overland Trail (From pages 165-168) Although Sam was on a watchfulness duty, he could not help thinking of his feelings about the American Civil War. Since July 13, 1864, Sam had continually marched for long seven days with his regiment before he participated in battle. Later on he would become truly weary with long marching, gun battles, … [Read more...]
One Word | Anuradha Bhattacharyya
Excerpt from the novel "One Word" by Anuradha Bhattacharyya CHAPTER 11 It was with pride that Adya studied literature. She listened to the lectures carefully. She read many things from the library apart from the texts. She made crisp notes on each and every text in her syllabus. She began to formulate an idea about literature that was entirely her own view. It was a theory … [Read more...]
Chapter 24 The Saxophone in the Stars by Brian S. Hart
[Excerpt, “Chapter 24 The Saxophone in the Stars”, from The Diamond Kings of Clarence Checkeredfish. Note: the novel (and “play”) near completion as Stevie Bingo and the Gingerbread Boy, having traveled the long and perilous road from Mobile to Springfield, and having heroically rung the bells at the Martin Luther King Church to summon the neighborhoods together, continue on … [Read more...]