Author: Brinda Charry
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 211
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788172238315
Description
When a new family moves in next door, a young girl finds herself falling in love for the first time ever. As she jealously attempts to keep the object of her love to herself, she moves deeper into a web of imagination and deceit and further away from the innocence of childhood.
cthe story of a little boy and girl who are fascinated with their neighbor, a eunuch; ‘The Secret’, the escapades of a middle-aged bachelor who yearns for some excitement in his life and finds it in marriage; ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’, an unusual take on the popular folktale, and the other stories in this unforgettable collection from southern India.
COMMENTS
‘Brinda Charry is the real thing, a master at the top of her game. Her work engages the
human condition and the personal with an intensity and authority that can only be explained by literary grace.’
- Arthur R. Flowers
Contents
Mallika
The Russians
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Shadow
Waiting for the Queen
Searching for Suresh
Wasps
First Love
Jayanthi
Mr William Graham: a ghost story
The Secret
Boston Brahmin
Acknowledgements