So glad I caught not only the author & translator but also International Booker judge Anton Hur & Prizes director Gaby Wood at @hayfestival.bsky.social on Saturday! Loved Banu Mushtaq's unexpectedly hilarious anecdote of how her clearly not bothersome husband thwarted a fatwa attack at their home 🤣
The New York TimesA collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders, on Tuesday won this year’s International Booker Prize, the major award for fiction translated into English.