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V. V. Ganeshananthan is the author of Brotherless Night and Love Marriage, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize and named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among other publications. A former vice president of the South Asian Journalists Association, she has also served on the board of , and is presently a member of the board of directors of the and the . She teaches in the and co-hosts the on Literary Hub, which is about the intersection of l ...more

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	Brotherless Night 4.46 avg rating — 11,984 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Marriage 3.50 avg rating — 1,005 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 by Daniel Handler (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Lemony Snicket (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Introduction), V.V. Ganeshananthan (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pushcart Prize XLV: Best of the Small Presses 2021 Edition by Bill Henderson (Editor), V.V. Ganeshananthan (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose by Josh Neufeld (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Sari Wilson (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Gina Frangello (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ploughshares Fall 2013 Guest-Edited by Peter Ho Davies by Peter Ho Davies (Editor), Nick Dybek (欧宝娱乐 Author), Sarah Shun-lien Bynum 3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unstuck Vol. 2 by Matt Williamson (Executive Editor), Leanna Petronella, Collin Blair Grabarek 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Granta Italia n. 1: Lavoro by Salman Rushdie, Chang-rae Lee, V.V. Ganeshananthan (欧宝娱乐 Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Imagine the places you grew up, the places you studied, places that belonged to your people, burned. But I should stop pretending that I know you. Perhaps you do not have to imagine. Perhaps your library, too, went up in smoke.”
― V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night

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“You can鈥檛 just stay in the house studying. You have to see the world yourself鈥攄on鈥檛 let others tell you what it looks like.”
― V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night

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“A working-class girl who narrowly escaped assault filed a complaint,鈥� Anjali wrote. 鈥淔or her bravery and honesty, much of Jaffna thanked her with rumour.”
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Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan

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