In the second instalment of the Marathi writer’s 'Changdeo Quartet', available in English, the 'native' madman of literature comes a full circle.

Ranendra's 'Lords of the Global Village' tries to account for the Asur tribes and their culture, which has been subsumed under the apathy of a “self-proclaimed and tolerant Indian culture”.

The Marathi classic novel, available in English for the first time, delves into the futility of literary idealism and the failure of counterculture.

Through 'The Queue', a dystopian novel, Basma Abdel Aziz provides an incisive look into the functioning of dictatorships.

Burhan Sonmez’s Istanbul Istanbul is filled with stories of imagination and hope that help the four protagonists survive torture in an underground prison in the Turkish capital.