Shome Dasgupta: 2 books

Shome Dasgupta, a young American author of Bengali descent, uses magical realism to explore  his South Asian roots in this series of fourteen stories mostly set in modern day Kolkata, the city his parents came from and the one where their extended families continue to live.  The stories reflect...

There was a voice once that sang the ocean to sleep... March is born in April, just as the sun is setting. A singing baby who cannot sleep, she sets Kolkaper on edge. The Town Council orders scientists to take her away and study her at the Cave Forest, a place for freaks like her. Acting quickly,...