A Guardian and a Thief
The sensational new novel from the author of A Burning
$28.00
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2025
Summary
Megha Majumdar’s electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed bestseller A Burning. Set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other in this piercing and propulsive tour de force.
In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old daughter Mishti, and her elderly father Dadu are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398555617 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398555614 |
| Author: | Megha Majumdar |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Scribner UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 217mm x 191mm |
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About The Author
Megha Majumdar
Megha Majumdar is the author of two bestselling novels. Her debut novel, A Burning, was longlisted for the US National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, among other honours. Her second novel, A Guardian and a Thief, is longlisted for the Women’s Prize, an Oprah’s Book Club Pick, winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, a finalist for the US National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
Majumdar has received a Whiting Award, as well as fellowships from Civitella Ranieri and the Hawthornden Foundation. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, she now lives in New York.
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