SynopsisGripping and insightful stories on the modern Indian condition
Twenty stories of contemporary Indian life that demonstrate the range of Hariharan's writing, executed with a precision of style and magical imagery. Sometimes comic (yet tinged with sadness) as in the much-anthologized 'The Remains of the Feast' where an old woman near the end of her life suddenly feels the urge to sample all the food she has been forbidden; sometimes with a
twist as in 'Gajar Halwa' where Chellamma, a servant girl from a small-town
family, finally understands what makes a big city work; sometimes moving as in
'The Reprieve', these stories never fail to surprise and delight.
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Binding: PaperBack
About the author
Githa Hariharan was born in Coimbatore and grew up in Bombay and Manila. She now lives in New Delhi. Hariharan's first novel, The Thousand Faces of Night, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Her work since then includes the short story collection The Art of Dying, and the novels The Ghosts of Vasu Master, When Dreams Travel and In Times of Siege.
