South Asian Womens Fiction
Discover the best South Asian women's fiction, from Arundhati Roy's *The God of Small Things* to Bapsi Sidhwa's *Cracking India*. Explore powerful stories of family, identity, and resilience featuring classics like *Jasmine*, *Nectar in a Sieve*, and more in this curated book list.
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The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for themselves amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory.
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Jasmine
by Bharati Mukherjee
After the assassination of her husband, seventeen-year-old Jasmine leaves India to live with a middle-aged banker in a small Iowa town, only to retain some of the traditions and memories of the past.
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Cracking India
by Bapsi Sidhwa
During the 1947 Partition of India, young Lenny Sethi suffers from polio and spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, who exposes her to the differences among the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, but when Ayah is kidnapped, Lenny's world erupts into religious, ethnic, and radical violence. Reprint.