Academic Praise for Operation Monsoon

“Written with a postmodern elegance, Shona Ramaya’s Operation Monsoon brings the complexity of a global existence to life through the poignant struggles of her characters. The mythic elements of the stories intertwined with the everydayness of experience allow the reader to see the familiar in the unfamiliar, surprising all at each turn.”
—Victor E. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Philosophy, and Religion, York College of Pennsylvania

“Shona Ramaya’s stories are one of the most effective ways for teaching students about the complex emotional politics of living a diasporic life.”
—Geeta Patel, Professor of Women’s Studies, Wellesley College

"I am so glad that I picked up a copy of Operation Monsoon. Not since I read Graham Swift’s Waterland have I seen an author handle time shifts back and forth over present and past so skillfully. It was like experiencing the automatic shifts in an expensive car. Then, too, you are certainly a storyteller. I read the five stories in two days. When I would get started reading one, I could not stop. “Gopal’s Kitchen,” “The Matchmakers,” and “Destiny” were driven by such narrative force and curiosity. I saved “Operation Monsoon” until the last. I must admit that the closures of the stories puzzled me a bit, but I have grown use to puzzlement in contemporary literature. I have read all the works of Gita Mehta and Bharati Mukherjee, and I will be eagerly looking forward to Ramaya's next work." —Leon Higdon, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University