Latitudes of longing  (English, Hardcover, Swarup Shubhangi)

About the Book

An intersection of four stories, Shubhangi Swarup’s novel Latitudes of Longing begins in the surreal waters of the Andaman Sea, and it eventually takes us through the Irrawaddy Delta to the glaciers and passes of the Karakoram Range. Deemed as one of the most ambitious novels of 2018, Latitudes of Longing tries to portray how a person’s actions can help transform the lives of others. A beautiful blend of romance, fantasy and drama, this novel is a breath of fresh air that almost every reader craves for.

About the Author

Born in Nashik in 1982, Shubhangi Swarup isn’t just a novelist. She is a print journalist, filmmaker and an educationist. In her first book Latitudes of Longing, Shubhangi writes about the worlds and times that are inhabited by a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who talks to them. Latitudes of Longing was critically acclaimed and, in fact, it helped Shubhangi win the 2012 Charles Pick Fellowship for Creative Writing and UEA. Apart from writing, Shubhangi deeply adores travelling and calls herself ‘a hopeless backpacker'. Currently, she lives at her residence in Mumbai.