{"product_id":"9523-masterpiece-and-other-stories","title":"Masterpiece and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Yasmine Gooneratne\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Indialog Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 206\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8187981210\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of seventeen stories.  Tales that constantly take the reader by surprise.  Tales of love and loss, ancient legend and contemporary experience, enchantments of childhood and disillusionments of maturity.  Tales that are witty, tender, subtle, true, rich in texture and characterization, coupled with an interplay of emotional power and keen understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR YASMINE GOONERATNE:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating memoir by a member of one of Sri Lanka's ruling families recreates a time when the elite Bandaranaike clan was more Edwardian than the Edwardians themselves.  Intelligent, sympathetic, authentic.\u003cbr\u003e- Steven R Weisman, New York Times Book Review for Relative Merits\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMigration from Asia to Australia is handled in this remarkable novel with humor and sympathetic understanding of both cultures, backed up by accurate and minute historical research.\u003cbr\u003e- The Book Review for A Change of Skies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelicious comedy of manners, a joy to read.\u003cbr\u003e- The Sunday Telegraph for A Change of Skies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolute delight. A multi-tiered novel written in an effortless prose style.  Bitingly astute and enormously funny.\u003cbr\u003eThe Times of India for The Pleasures of Conquest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResearch, absorbed effortlessly, to emerge as purposeful literary irony.\u003cbr\u003e- The Financial Express for The Pleasures of Conquest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Story full of romance and violence, trust and deceit.  By looking at the historical record from both sides, the authors give readers a wonderfully human view of people caught in an earnest and deadly political game.\u003cbr\u003e- Professor Richard Bailey, University of Michigan for This Inscrutable Englishman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION:\u003cbr\u003eThe Writing Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Pot Of \"Rice\"\u003cbr\u003eStress\u003cbr\u003eFor Love Or Money\u003cbr\u003eDelicious Solitude\u003cbr\u003eHow Barry Changed His Image\u003cbr\u003eA Postcolonial Love story\u003cbr\u003eHis Neighbor's Wife\u003cbr\u003eAstronauts\u003cbr\u003eWaste\u003cbr\u003eIn Herbert's Study\u003cbr\u003eFalling From Grace\u003cbr\u003eThe Facts of Life\u003cbr\u003eMade In England\u003cbr\u003eVesak Lanterns\u003cbr\u003eThe Chauffeur\u003cbr\u003eTsunami's Confession\u003cbr\u003eMasterpiece\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Yasmine Gooneratne \/ Indialog Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785443029161,"sku":"9523","price":17.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/9523.jpg?v=1625522001","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/9523-masterpiece-and-other-stories","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}