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Manasi is a stalwart of Malayalam literature. With her unparalleled feminist writing and powerful voice, she has mastered the art of telling radical short stories. Through Subversive Whispers, a collection of some of her best work, she continues to defy patriarchy, question Brahminical hegemony and push narratives that subtly yet fervently challenge the status quo. The book introduces readers to the irreverent ‘Sheelavathi’, which explores the Madonna-Whore complex in a uniquely local context, ‘Devi Mahathmyam’, which sheds light on the price that women pay for being goddesses in mere name and stories such as ‘Spelling Mistakes’, ‘Square Shapes’ and ‘The Walls’, all of which explore romantic love with a piercing realism.
In stark and urgent murmurs that build up a fever pitch, these stories channel women’s voices that open up their inner worlds, struggling to capture the minutiae of their suffering. It is this whisper-like quality of Manasi’s storytelling that J Devika deftly conveys in translation, bringing the author’s prose to the English reader in an incendiary collection that is sure to cast light on the darkened chambers of patriarchy and the hidden recesses of women’s minds.
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You’ve carried enough—expectations, worries, old stories that no longer serve you. It’s time to put some of it down.
You don’t need to fix everything.
You don’t need to control everything.
Sometimes, peace begins the moment you stop trying so hard to hold on.
The Art of Detachment is a gentle guide back to your centre. It’s about living fully—without being owned by what hurts, overwhelms, or distracts you.
This book will help you return to presence.
To find calm in the middle of uncertainty.
To care without clinging.
To walk away without guilt.
To be alone without feeling lost.
With quiet clarity and simple, powerful insights, you’ll learn to stop gripping what’s slipping away and start grounding yourself in what truly matters.
Detachment isn’t weakness.
It’s clarity.
It’s courage.
It’s the beginning of peace.
True strength is not in holding on—It’s in knowing when to let go.
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‘Has the power to move hearts and change minds’ Guardian
‘Tremendously uplifting and a novel of all-too-rare power’ Sunday Express
‘An amazing book . . . I absolutely loved it. I cried my eyes out’ Tom Fletcher
Read the award-winning, multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon that is WONDER in this new tenth anniversary edition.
‘My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.’
Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things – eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary – inside. But ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren’t stared at wherever they go.
Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he’s being sent to a real school – and he’s dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted – but can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, underneath it all?
A funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut – and a true global phenomenon – to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
Discover more from the World of Wonder:
White Bird, a graphic novel *Soon to be a motion picture!*
Auggie & Me
365 Days of Wonder
We’re All Wonders
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