The Archer

by Shruti Swamy

Book Overview

Kiese Laymon called Shruti Swamy's debut book of stories, A House Is a Body, "one of the greatest short story collections of the 2020s." Now, Swamy brings us an accomplished and immersive coming-of-age novel set in the Bombay of the 1960s and 1970s.

As a child, Vidya exists to serve her family, watch over her younger brother, and make sense of a motherless world. One day she catches sight of a class where the students are learning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616209909
• ISBN13: 9781616209902
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"