he Wheel of Fire and Other Stories: Evocative Stories from the Other India

Little is known of contemporary Indian literature outside of those novelists writing in English. Shashi Tharoor, the acclaimed author of The Great Indian Novel, Show Business, and India: From Midnight to the Millennium -- "a rising star in the international fiction universe" (Booklist) -- brings together in this volume the best new literary voices in India today. The Wheel of Fire and Other Stories offers a kaleidoscope of rich and multifaceted Indian life. Tharoor gives us the opportunity to discover a cultural landscape unknown to most in the West. The insightful introduction by one of India's most prominent writers and his selection of more than a dozen short stories constitute an important and vital contribution to world literature.