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The book is profusely illustrated with previously unseen photographs from the Leone family collection and the Angelo Novi archive

an eight-year-old Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters

and is the subject of intense debate even today

Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize Dune An instant New York TimesWinner of the 2025 International Booker Prize In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well Indias most prestigious literary awards. A significant presence in Kannada literature, Banu Mushtaq reveals