Uttama

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a pink background, dappled like sunlight through water. On the left-hand side is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. To the right of this is the following endorsement from Avni Doshi, ‘A darkly funny tale about the Indian diaspora … taking on social expectation in ways that others have not dared to before’. The Serpent’s Tail logo is centred underneath.

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a blue, watery background. In the centre is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. On the bottom left-hand corner is the Serpent’s Tail logo.

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a pink background, dappled like sunlight through water. In the centre is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. On the bottom left-hand corner is the Serpent’s Tail logo.

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a blue background. On the left-hand side is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. To the right of this is the following endorsement from Marian Keyes, ‘Wonderful, powerful and very moving’. The Serpent’s Tail logo is centred underneath.

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a pink background, dappled like sunlight through water. On the left-hand side is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. To the right of this is the following quote from the book, ‘How careless of that mother, Nature herself, to allow such an invasion without warning. No baby should begin as a battle’. The Serpent’s Tail logo is centred underneath.

ALT A rectangular landscape graphic with a pink background, dappled like sunlight through water. On the left-hand side is the paperback book Shape of an Apostrophe by Uttama Kirit Patel. To the right of this is the following quote from the book, ‘Lina never wanted children, but now there are two lines on the test. Where does she go from here?’. The Serpent’s Tail logo is centred underneath.