Author: Ruskin Bond
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Vishal Bhardwaj & Matthew Robbins
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 224
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780143416111
Description
A riveting new novella from one of India's most beloved storytellers.
Since his childhood, Arun has secretly been in love with Susanna, his dangerously alluring neighbour, who becomes his friend despite the wide difference in their ages. But Susanna has a weakness for falling in love with the wrong men.
Over the years, Arun watches as Susanna becomes notorious as the merry widow who flits from one marriage to another, leaving behind a trail of dead husbands. It is only a matter of time before he too begins to wonder if there is any truth to the slanderous gossip surrounding the woman he is in love with.
In this gripping new novella of love and death, Bond revisits his previously published short story of the same name, included here in an appendix. This edition also features the screenplay Saat Khoon Maaf, based on this novella and written by award-winning film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj and Matthew Robbins.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Susanna's Seven Husbands - A Novella by Ruskin Bond
7 Khoon Maaf - A Screenplay by Vishal Bhardwaj and Matthew Robbins
Appendix
Susanna's Seven Husbands - The Original Short Story by Ruskin Bond