And so, one automatically assumes that a new book from Anita Nair will, invariably, pack a surprise. In her latest offering, Eating Wasps, Nair, however, returns to the terrain that her 2001 novel, Ladies Coupé, had mapped with such sensitivity and attention: the sisterhood. In Eating Wasps, the writer Sreelakshmi provides the Akhila function, becoming a magnet for the stories of others. However, there isn’t just thematic synchronicity with Ladies Coupé. But naturally, Eating Wasps is the work of an artist who has diligently spent the last decade-and-a-half since it was published in the workshop, and it bears witness to how Nair’s writing has evolved.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 20:48 UTC