Jamila Gavin, Author . FSG $19 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-31544-3
In the great tradition of Dickens, British author Gavin mines English history, contrasting 18th-century city life with that of country estates, the wealthy classes with the poverty-stricken. Parallel plots develop as the author introduces...
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Jamila Gavin, Author . FSG $18 (340p) ISBN 978-0-374-30846-9
Venetian jeweler Geronimo Veroneo left Italy for Hindustan in search of precious gems 12 years ago, just before the birth of his sixth child, Filippo. Before departing, he married off his oldest daughter to Bernardo Pagliarin, whose business—sl
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Jamila Gavin, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $16.95 (198p) ISBN 978-0-374-36333-8
Whitbread winner Gavin (Coram Boy
) holds nothing back when plotting her layered novel about human trafficking, and the end result is shocking, though the story is occasionally confusing to wade through. The book follows Nettie, a spoiled 12-year-old
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Jamila Gavin, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $7.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-41374-3
In our Best Books citation, PW wrote, ""In the great tradition of Dickens, Gavin contrasts the desperate existence of city dwellers in the 18th century with the privileged life on country estates. The author never shows her hand as the disparate...
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Jamila Gavin, illus. by Amanda Hall. Candlewick/Templar, $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5564-8
Whitbread Book Award–winner Gavin, who grew up in India, presents 10 classic Hindu stories, accompanied by Hall’s lush and elegant gouache illustrations. The first story describes the origins of the world and the ongoing battle between good and...
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