Table Manners
Chosen By Sejal.
Table Manners: And Other Stories, is a collection of short stories written by Indian-born British writer Susmita Bhattacharya. Her debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian Publishing) was published in 2015 and in India by Bee Books in 2017. It was longlisted for the Words to Screen Prize at the Mumbai Film Festival earlier this year. Through 18 delightful stories, the reader is taken across a global journey of love and loneliness. The beauty of this collection is the concept of what home is within each narrative. Whether it is, India, Singapore or back on U.K. soil, there is a sense of belonging in each tale. Tradition, patriarchy and identity all form this unique collection, like individually wrapped sweets, from a powerful voice.