Nayantara Roy

In her sweeping multi-generational debut novel, The Magnificent Ruins, Nyantara Roy brings us the story of Lila De, a young Indian American editor in New York who inherits her family’s sprawling ancestral mansion in Kolkata, India. The inheritance forces her to confront her multi-generational family and particularly brings her face to face with her estranged mother. Lila discovers long-buried secrets, and her own conflicted feelings about her heritage and the two places she calls home.

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