BOOK REVIEW OF INDIAN AUTHORS discussion

Hello everyone,

I am Kiran bhat. I am a polyglot, traveler, and writer. I have traveled to over 130 countries, lived in 18 different places, and speak 12 languages. I try to use my lifestyle and perspective as a means to create globalised works of literature. I'm in the middle of a book tour, but have realized that I have done very little work to get reviews of my work onto the Internet; I am trying to fix this now. Would any of you guys be interested in reviewing my novel, we of the forsaken world...? Would appreciate it so much.

In a distant corner of the globe, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe, the chief’s second son is born, creating a scramble for succession as their jungles are being destroyed by loggers. In one of the world’s sprawling metropolises, a homeless one-armed woman sets out to take revenge upon the men who trafficked her. And, in a small village of shanty shacks connected only by a mud-and- concrete road, a milkmaid watches the girls she calls friends destroy her reputation.

we of the forsaken world…, published by Iguana Books on January 22nd, 2020, is structured as a linguistic chain comprising the accounts of 16 people, connected along subtle lines, who indirectly witness these four narratively and geographically diverse central storylines. The story flows and recombines like digital connectivity, throwing into question pre-21st century assumptions about narrative logic and, I hope, embodying the way in which modern communication unites this planet every second, everywhere.

If you are interested in reading it, you can get a copy on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/we-forsaken-wo...), or I will happily send you a review copy if you pm me. Just let me know what works for you.

Best wishes,

Kiran

Hi Kiran,

I am looking for new authors to read and stumbled upon your post. Your book sounds like a collection of short stories that isn't. That's piqued my curiosity as much as the idea of knowing and learning about people and lives from parts of the world I may never get to experience through your words.
I'll be happy if you can share a review copy.

Before that, I'd like to know if you're looking for reviews within a specific date? I savor reading and don't do it just for the sake of writing reviews. So I might take weeks before I can review your book (also, partly because I'm midway through some books and must finish them before I take up a new one).

If that's okay with you, do send me a copy please!
Thanks much!
Neha

Hello Neha,

Yes, you are right. My work is an interrogation of the form in between the short story and the novel, which I think is the most apt to tackle globalization. I don’t mind whether your review is timely or not. Please write me an email at altermoderned@gmail.com if you want an ARC.

Kiran