Author: Shinie Antony
Publisher: Indialog Publications
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 209
ISBN/UPC (if available): 818798192X
Description
One night stands, betrayals of body and mind, the Judas kiss of the soul, a world turned traitor-36 tales of infidelity made all the more tragic by a touch of lightness and mad magic.
This is Shinie Antony’s second collection of short stories. Her first, Barefoot and Pregnant, was published in 2002.
REVIEWS
Defies set norms
-The Hindu
Zany, inventive, sardonic, deliciously irreverent.
-The Week
Sometimes moving, sometimes startling, sometimes unnerving and sometimes tragic.
-Outlook.com
Often atrocious, often outrageous, often dark, but funny all the time.
-The New Indian Express
Contents
Sitting Ducks
Daydream at 3.30 AM
Story Best Untold
The Doll’s Dilemma
Salt and Pepper
Beholder’s Eye
Green Earrings
Kiss and Tell
Two Legends in One
The Tiara
Pillow Talk
By a Staff Reporter
Spider Lilies
Angel with Armpits
Yours Faithfully
A Dong’s Death
The Anti-Lullaby
Arrivals, Departures
Next to Normal
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Case of the Dissolving Bra
Brush-Off
Veiled
Of Needs
Papa’s Girl
The Back-to-Back Position
Yehi Hai Right Choice, Baby
Hometruth
The Wedding Night
First Person Singular
Bad-Hair Day
Happy New Year
An Indian Divorce
A Fairy Tale
The Short and the Short of It
Biriyani Bitches