"Even in translation, the novel reverberates with language and reference, and even if the English reader misses some of that, the general feel of it remains. While it is far from straightforward realist fiction, The Empty Space nevertheless remains solidly and clearly grounded in the familiar (even if it is not always readily identifiable). The Empty Space is a largely successful exercise in formal experimentation, and a quite moving story of the aftermaths of a horrible event."-- "Complete Review" "The Empty Space attempts to personalize a terrorist attack and poignantly steers the reader to grapple with the terrible destruction after a bomb blast."-- "Sunday Guardian"
Geetanjali Shree is the author of many books, including, Between Two Worlds: An Intellectual Biography of Premchand and Mai. Nivedita Menon is a writer, translator, and professor in political thought at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.