Swimmer Among the Stars

"Kanishk Tharoor’s debut collection of short stories, Swimmer Among the Stars, tackles topics ranging from the trickiness of language to technology, history and myth. It’s a testament to his empathy, rich voice and immaculate craftsmanship as a storyteller that the book succeeds in illuminating all these things while assembling a global mosaic – even as it veers unnervingly into the fringes of the fantastic."