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Manil Suri
Manil Suri is the internationally acclaimed author of The Death of Vishnu and other books. His work has been translated into twenty-seven languages and received several honors, including winning the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, and being longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and lives with his husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Manil Suri
Manil Suri is the internationally acclaimed author of The Death of Vishnu and other books. His work has been translated into twenty-seven languages and received several honors, including winning the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, and being longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and lives with his husband in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Awards
Winner — Barnes and Noble Discover Prize, 2001
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2001
Shortlisted — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2002
Shortlisted — PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, 2023
Books by Manil Suri

The Death of Vishnu: A Novel
Manil Suri
Hardback, 2001
Winner of the Barnes & Noble 2001 Discover Great New Writers Award for Fiction; finalist in the First Fiction category of the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Awards. "Vibrantly alive, beautifully...
The Age of Shiva: A Novel
Manil Suri
Hardback, 2008

The Age of Shiva: A Novel
Manil Suri
Paperback, 2008
"A stunning novel, proof that Manil Suri is a major storyteller of heart and intelligence." —Amy Tan
The Death of Vishnu: A Novel
Manil Suri
Paperback, 2012
A National Bestseller
"Enchanting…Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence." —Time
The City of Devi: A Novel
Manil Suri
Hardback, 2012
A dazzling, multilayered novel that not only encompasses a searing love story but, with its epic reach, encapsulates the fate of the world.
The City of Devi: A Novel
Manil Suri
Paperback, 2013
From the author of The Death of Vishnu, "a big, pyrotechnic…ambitious…ingenious" (Wall Street Journal) novel.
The Age of Shiva: A Novel
Manil Suri
E Book, 2009
"A stunning novel, proof that Manil Suri is a major storyteller of heart and intelligence." —Amy Tan
The Death of Vishnu: A Novel
Manil Suri
E Book, 2012
A National Bestseller
"Enchanting…Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence." —Time
The City of Devi: A Novel
Manil Suri
E Book, 2013
From the author of The Death of Vishnu, "a big, pyrotechnic…ambitious…ingenious" (Wall Street Journal) novel.
The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math
Manil Suri
E Book, 2022



