100 Indian Stories is the biggest and most ambitious collection of Indian short fiction ever published between the covers of a single volume. The short story in India is over 100 years old and this monumental anthology brings together 100 of the finest stories written by the country’s writers, starting with the late nineteenth century—when literary giants like Rabindranath Tagore and Fakir Mohan Senapati first made their mark. It then goes on to include some of the best fiction of the twentieth century before ending with work by stars of the twenty-first century. Importantly, the book sources stories from every major Indian language, region, generation, and literary tradition, giving readers a banquet of literature that is exceptional and utterly memorable.
A. J. Thomas is a poet, editor, and translator who writes in English. An expert on the Indian short story (he has a PhD on the literary form), he is the editor of the bestselling The Greatest Malayalam Stories Ever Told. He has more than twenty books to his credit and is the former editor of Indian Literature, the Sahitya Akademi’s bi-monthly journal. Thomas has also taught English at Benghazi University, Libya, and worked as a Senior Consultant at IGNOU. He is a recipient of the Katha Award, AKMG Prize, and the Vodafone Crossword Award for Translation. Thomas holds a Senior Fellowship, Government of India, and was an Honorary Fellow, Department of Culture, Government of South Korea.
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