{"id":124501,"date":"2025-10-15T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/124501\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:43:09","slug":"oprah-winfrey-picks-megha-majumdars-a-guardian-and-a-thief-for-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/124501\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey picks Megha Majumdar\u2019s \u2018A Guardian and a Thief\u2019 for book club"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hillel Italie\u00a0<\/strong>
AP National Writer<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014Megha Majumdar\u2019s \u201c A Guardian and a Thief,\u201d already a finalist for the National Book Award and Kirkus Prize, is now Oprah Winfrey\u2019s book club pick.<\/p>\n

Set in the near future, \u201cA Guardian and a Thief\u201d depicts a world of drought, flooding, crime and food shortages as it contrasts a woman whose family is about to emigrate from India to the U.S. with the resident of a shelter who has stolen her purse and the passports it contains. It\u2019s Majumdar\u2019s first novel since her acclaimed debut, \u201cA Burning,\u201d came out in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was spellbound from Page 1,\u201d Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cMegha Majumdar is one of those exquisitely skilled authors who takes us into the story of characters and cultural conflicts and leaves us spellbound until the last word and beyond. Who was the \u2018Guardian\u2019 who was the \u2018Thief\u2019? I\u2019m still thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Majumdar\u2019s conversation with Winfrey can be seen on Winfrey\u2019s YouTube channel and other outlets where podcasts are available. Winfrey\u2019s book club is currently presented by Starbucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Winfrey also picked a book written by another AAPI author earlier this year\u2014\u201dThe Emperor of Gladness\u201d by Ocean Vuong. <\/p>\n

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