Below are synopses of the books on the poll list. Vote for your choices before 9th April, 5 PM.
*1. _The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared_ by Jonas Jonasson:*
Allan Karlsson, on his 100th birthday, leaves the old-age home through the window as he was uninterested in the birthday party others were planning for him, and sets out on a hilarious journey with a stolen suitcase of drug dealer's money, criminals, an elephant, and others.
*2. _Never Never Land_ by Namita Gokhale: *
Lonely and middle-aged Iti Arya flees the city for a cottage in the Himalayas to find peace. She spends her monsoon in the company of two grandmothers and a mysterious girl. She witnesses the vanity of youth, but also its vulnerability and tenderness.
*3. _The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo_ by Taylor Jenkins Reid:*
A historical drama novel about a fictional Hollywood star, who, at age 79, gives a final interview to a journalist to tell her story with a focus on her relationships with her past husbands.
*4. _I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings_ by Maya Angelou:*
An autobiography describing the young and early years of the author. A coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.
*5. _Stardust_ by Neil Gaiman:*
A story of romance, fantasy, and adventure wherein a young boy named Tristran Thorn falls in love with the beautiful Victoria and dares to cross the stone wall boundary to tread the Faerie realm to retrieve a fallen star in order to win her hand.
*6. _Puttu (Anthill)_ by Vinoy Thomas:*
A novel revolving around the life of early settlers in Perumpadi at the border between Kerala and Karnataka, portraying their battle with the unfriendly terrain, braving the wild animals and surviving the nearly terminal diseases. They try to shed the shackles of family, religion and other restraining institutions, but eventually also struggle to conform to the needs of a cultured society.
*7. _Brotherless Night_ by V V Ganeshananthan:*
The story of young Sashi aspiring to be a doctor amid the turmoil of Sri Lankan civil war. She loses her four brothers and her friend K in a sequence of tragic events and confronts difficult questions about loyalty, duty and what it means to be a good person.
*8. _Athreyakam_ by R Rajasree:*
A fresh perspective on the Mahabharata through the eyes of Niramitra. An exploration of good and evil and sin and virtue and victory between nations as well as individuals.
*9. _Mungamkuzhi_ by Aash Ashitha:*
A collection of 10 diverse stories exploring human relationships through the motifs of love, desire, fantasy, loneliness, and intoxication in a unique language. Winner of Ernakulam Public Library Prize for short stories.
*10. _A Country Doctor's Notebook_ by Mikhail Bulgakov:*
A 'short story cycle' with stories depicting the experiences of a newly graduated doctor sent to serve the people in remote Russian provinces.
*11. _A Carnival of Atrocities_ by Natalia Garcia Freire:*
The story of Mildred who is taken to the monastery by the people following her mother's death taking place in a desolate, fictitious town called Cocuán in the Andean highlands of Ecuador. The line between reality and dream blurs as the story unfolds through the narratives of 9 different characters.
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