“Representation is at the core of my writing.” – Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal
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Team Kitaab is in conversation with author and poet Aparna Sanyal.
Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal holds an MA from Kings College, London. Recipient of the 14th Beullah Rose Poetry Prize by Smartish Pace, she was shortlisted for the 2018 Third Coast Fiction Prize.
Her recent book, Instruments of Torture is a collection of short stories named after a medieval device of torture. The book has been published by Harper Collins India early this year. (You can read an exclusive excerpt from the book HERE.)
Descend into the deepest, darkest torture chambers of the soul, where rapacious dreams dwell and nightmares are forged. In these pages, the mind’s darkness lies revealed.
These stories are each named after a medieval torture device, and the true meaning – and impact – of every title bubbles up to the surface as the connection between the various instruments and their psychological counterparts are laid bare: whether it is an anguished man being drugged with hormones to ‘cure’ his dwarfism or a forbidden love affair that takes root in a place of worship.
