Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 267
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172234643
Description
Following the success of the first collection, Khushwant Singh, the country’s foremost literary figure, serves up another round of the finest fiction from across India.
The Indian short story is extraordinary in its ability to stick to the traditional rules of the craft and still demonstrate remarkable originality. It revolves around a limited number of characters, confines itself in time and space, and has a well-plotted narrative that drives its central theme. Within the traditional framework, however, creativity flowers, and what emerges is a story that is marked with freshness and imagination.
This volume is chock-full with such stores, written by authors well known in their regional languages as well as those who made names for themselves in English literary circles. Carefully selected by Khushwant Singh, India’s literary giant, these pieces represent the best of Indian writing from around the country.
REVIEWS
A good read, engaging, The names live up to their reputation.
-India Today
A tremendous richness of characters on display.
-Deccan Herald
Offers much, to the discriminating reader.
-Deccan Chronicle
An eminently readable book, The range of geographical areas and social backgrounds that this selection represents is truly vast.
-The Tribune
Contents
INTRODUCTION
ONE
Namu, the Dhobi
TWO
No Status for Saints
THREE
Confessions of a Dustbin
FOUR
The Corpse
FIVE
The Foreigner
SIX
The Fat Frog
SEVEN
An Accident
EIGHT
The Gold Frame
NINE
Woman at the Window
TEN
Hush
ELEVEN
Palace Orders
TWELVE
A Slice of the Melon
THIRTEEN
Temple Mouse
FOURTEEN
The Landlady
FIFTEEN
Mozelle
SIXTEEN
Siraj
SEVENTEEN
Miss Scrooge
EIGHTEEN
An Unprofitable sin
NINETEEN
The Woman at the Bus Stop
TWENTY
The Accident
TWENTY-ONE
The Agnostic
TWENTY-TWO
The Bottom-Pincher
TWENTY-THREE
The Kama Sutra Game
TWENTY-FOUR
The Second Nose