Ananya Bhattacharyya
Ananya Bhattacharyya is a writer/editor based in the Washington, DC, metro area. She has an MFA in creative writing (fiction) from George Mason University and an M.A. in English literature from University of Mumbai. Her short stories have appeared in So to Speak, Phoebe, and Washington Square Review. She is working on her first novel.
21 entries by Ananya Bhattacharyya
The Fertile Earth: A Novel
By Ruthvika Rao
An expansive, somewhat unpersuasive tale of love and secrets.
Can the second half of a woman’s life actually be kind of great?
Who knew play required so much work?
A 25-year bond is cemented by a shared love of books.
Under the Tamarind Tree: A Novel
By Nigar Alam
The fallout from Partition echoes through four friends’ lives.
Why reading is so difficult in my newly empty nest.
Canción
By Eduardo Halfon; translated by Lisa Dillman and Daniel Hahn
This uneven novella boasts compelling scenes but scant emotional resonance.
The Dog of Tithwal
By Saadat Hasan Manto; translated by Khalid Hasan and Aatish Taseer
A charged, sober collection about life in post-partition India and Pakistan.
The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
By Saadat Hasan Manto; translated by Khalid Hasan and Aatish Taseer
A charged, sober collection about life in post-partition India and Pakistan.
The Committed: A Novel
By Viet Thanh Nguyen
Though skillfully written, this buzzed-about sequel to The Sympathizer falls far short of its predecessor.
Leave the World Behind: A Novel
By Rumaan Alam
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Scattered perspectives and a lack of drama undermine this otherwise beautifully written story.
The Body Myth
By Rheea Mukherjee
This uneven story about a love triangle still manages to intrigue.
The Body Myth: A Novel
By Rheea Mukherjee
This uneven story about a love triangle still manages to intrigue.
The Idiot: A Novel
By Elif Batuman
This coming-of-age story for the post-Internet era offers insights into the changing nature of modern intimacy — or lack thereof.
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
By Amitav Ghosh
Why aren’t more literary novelists writing about the environment?
My Struggle: Book 5
By Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated by Don Bartlett
A fictional memoir of a flawed but lovable man
Family Life: A Novel
By Akhil Sharma
Far from stereotypical “immigrant fiction,” this novel makes us ask profound and uncomfortable questions about existence itself.
All Our Names: A Novel
By Dinaw Mengestu
Isaac, with his newly assumed name and exiled life in America, cannot escape his past or the complex dynamics of relationships.
The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri
Insights are lacking in this tragic tale that stretches from India to America.
