Karma and Other Stories - Hardcover

“Reddi’s understated prose and her choice of detail give her revelations a quiet power.” (The New Yorker)

“[A]mong such time-tested topics of immigrant fiction, Reddi suddenly soars.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“While many of the stories seem simple, characters and plots linger long after you turn the page.” (Washington Post)

“...reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty... substance and depth.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“Reddi has produced a piece of writing that masterfully contrasts the assumed with the experienced, myth with reality.” (India Currents)

“...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri...a gem of a book...characters remain etched in memory...” (Indian Express)

“In deceptively simple prose...a compassionate look at what happens when the insular world of the Indian immigrant is breached.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

“...Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters.” (Publishers Weekly)

“This excellent debut collection... [offers] elegant studies of a culture that is both familiar and foreign.” (Booklist)

“Reddi’s voice is gentle and her eye watchful...A soft-spoken, sympathetic collection.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Sad, sweet, tender--a truly lovely book.” (Kiran Desai, Man Book Prize-winning author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS)

“Only the finest writers can craft short stories with the richness of a novel...[an] exceptional debut collection.” (Arthur Golden, bestselling author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)

“Rishi Reddi has written a unique and beautiful book with the power to both entertain and educate.” (Judith Guest, bestselling author of ORDINARY PEOPLE)

“Reddi’s characters are complicated people...and, as are the stories they inhabit, memorable and very worthy of our attention. Exquisite.” (Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of AN ALMOST PERFECT MOMENT)

“Reddi is the brightest light in Boston’s latest literary constellation.” (Boston magazine)