Swallowing the Sun: A Novel

"Swallowing the Sun by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is unputdownable and beyond all expectations... The novel is a riveting feat of storytelling and stylistically unique; it resuscitates for us the beauty, timeless wisdom, and eloquence of India." — Indian Express

Swallowing the Sun is an epic feat of remembering and storytelling.

Through the eyes of its feisty young heroine, Malati, the novel recreates one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Indian history—the struggle for Independence. Mala...