ISBN: 9788189631260    Publisher: Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Year of publishing: 2007     Format:  Paperback Language: English

In these compelling stories, Sathya Saran straddles two distinct worlds-the surreal and the every real. These are maps of the mind, charting the unknown and the intangible, and connecting it with the here and now of everyday life, These stories are about love and understanding , about despair and courage and about fear and faith.An antique table changes the life of a single father and his three daughters…A Woman on a train journey in England discovers that her stunningly beautiful co-traveller is really not who she appearsA dying childless widow finds a way to inhabit her beloved home even after her death…A wastrel is out to do away with his successful wife, without killing her himself…These and many more stories, regulated by a prose that is both fluid and simple, create a rich and varying landscape, grab at familiar moments-either actually lives or fantasizes about, and sometimes…feared.
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