Via I'm pointed to Jabeen Akhtar suggesting The 17 Elements of a (Bad) South Asian Novel at Publishing Perspectives -- an amusing look at the herd mentality of publishers.
(I think this is one of the reasons I am more drawn to fiction in translation from region X than to diasporic fiction written in English -- it tends to be much less formulaic. (Yes, I can understand the appeal/comfort of the formulaic, but .....))
(I think this is one of the reasons I am more drawn to fiction in translation from region X than to diasporic fiction written in English -- it tends to be much less formulaic. (Yes, I can understand the appeal/comfort of the formulaic, but .....))