Sunny Singh's Books
Dec.16.2010
Billy Wilder's work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment value. One of Hollywood's foremost emigre filmmakers, Wilder holds a key position in film history via films that represent a complex reflection of his European roots and American cultural influences. This wide-ranging collection of essays by...
Oct.31.2007
An exploration of the way commercial Hindi cinema has represented a post-globalization national identity, delinking it from memories of partition as well as confrontational international politics vis-a-vis Pakistan in the decade since 1995.
Jan.03.2006
Krishna has been in New York, making documentaries. But, following the death of her grandmother, the all-knowing Dadiji, Krishna returns to her home village in a part of India so feudal, almost medieval in its ways, that in spite of her essential urbanity and modernity, she must make concessions to tradition. A strange bequest awaits Krishna upon her return. From beyond the grave,...
Jan.12.2000
A witty and insightfulbook that is as much a guide for single women as it is a commentary on modern, urban society in present day India. The stories related here with frankness and humour cover a range of subjects such as: power, promotions and passion at the workplace;how to ensure safety in the house and on the road; identifying sexual harassment and fighting it; how to make...
Jan.06.2000
Sammie, the cocaine-snorting international wanderer who moves from a small town childhood in India to Mexico, is linked inextricably to mythical women in a debut novel that embodies Hindu tradition and culture, which left untouched by the Enlightenment, makes no distinction between the real and the magical. But the woman who most influences Sammie is Nani, her frail and ruthless...
Edited by James Atlas
"Full of humor and pathos in equal and abounding measure, this compact volume covers the intellectual ground from 'Donald Duck to Donald Rumsfeld' with wit, depth and originality." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A superpower without parallel since the British Empire, the United States is a source of incessant fascination to the rest of the...
You can give away everything but your memories. ”
—With Krishna's Eyes
About Sunny
SUNNY SINGH was born in Varanasi, India, and grew up in various parts of the world. Her first novel – Nani's Book of Suicides – was first published by Harper Collins India Pvt Ltd in 2000 and described as a "first novel of rare scope and power." The Spanish...
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Sunny’s Favorite Books
A tough one this: Dante is a start! He's my personal guru! Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children completely set my imagination afire as a teenager. After that...