The Folded Earth

Anuradha Roy is an Indian novelist who has won the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter. Roy's novel was selected from a shortlist of six to win the US$50,000 (A$72,907) prize, which is awarded annually to the best work of fiction pertaining to the South Asian region published in English. Her other novels include An Atlas of Impossible Longing and The Folded Earth. Her previous awards include the Crossword Book Award, the 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist, and the Hindu Literary Prize 2015 shortlist.

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