2022 MAY of the MODERNS! - hosted by margaretpinard

‘END OF EMPIRE - a book set in a place that was an imperial possession at this time or by an author from a place that was’
--from Ros of Scallydandling about the books (link)  
Resources & Recommendations:
Kim, Rudyard Kipling
A Passage to India, E M Forster
Poems, Rabindranath Tagore
Lifting the Veil, Ismat Chugtai
Black Narcissus, Rumer Godden
Swami and Friends, R K Narayan
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The Age of Innocence: Authoritative Text, Background and Contexts, Sources, Criticism by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence: Authoritative Text, Background and Contexts, Sources, Criticism

Edith Wharton

544 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics romance emotional reflective slow-paced
The Quilt & Other Stories by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt & Other Stories

Ismat Chughtai

225 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Two Sisters by Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

Two Sisters

Rabindranath Tagore, Krishna Kripalani

104 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

Zora Neale Hurston

336 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

nonfiction history religion travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

The Last September

Elizabeth Bowen

303 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Across the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand

Across the Black Waters

Mulk Raj Anand

264 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical informative fast-paced
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

Untouchable

Mulk Raj Anand

160 pages • first pub 1935 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Lady And The Unicorn by Rumer Godden

The Lady And The Unicorn

Rumer Godden

missing page info • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction historical dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Lifting the Veil: Selected Writings of Ismat Chughtai by M. Asaduddin, Ismat Chughtai

Lifting the Veil: Selected Writings of Ismat Chughtai

M. Asaduddin, Ismat Chughtai

261 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction feminism short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

A Passage to India

E.M. Forster

376 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary reflective slow-paced