Interview | Madhuri Vijay

Autumn and Kendra talk with Madhuri Vijay about her debut novel The Far Field, which is out now from Grove Press.

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Grove Press, 2019

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Books Mentioned

• The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay

Madhuri Recommends

• Alice Munro, Too Much Happiness

• Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

• Zadie Smith, White Teeth

• Ismat Chughtai, Lifting the Veil

• Shashi Deshpande, Small Remedies

• Arundhati Roy, The God of Smalls Things

• Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day

• Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

• Malik Sajad, Munnu

• Basharat Peer, Curfewed Night

• Shahnaz Bashir, The Half Mother

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Author Bio

Madhuri Vijay was born and raised in Bangalore. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and her writing has appeared in Best American Non-Required Reading, Narrative Magazine and Salon, among other publications. The Far Field is her first book.

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Music by Isaac Greene