Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary and other Stories

Requiem for an Unsung Revolutionary and other Stories

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Author: Manju Kak
Publisher: Ravi Dayal
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 177
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175300078

Description

This collection of nineteen stories, written with a rare mix of humor, sensitivity and compassion, span the cycle of life, from childhood to old age, and women feature prominently in all.

This volume contains nineteen stories by Manju Kak, twelve of which are being published here for the first time. In its essence the book is about people; but writing with a rare mix of humor, sensitivity and compassion, the author also reveals the nuances that fuse beings, even when the characters live in split worlds.

The stories deal with people across a broad spectrum: from the depressive visionary Inquilaab in search of an unattainable ideal, to the displaced migrant servant Bisheshvar, to the displaced migrant servant Bisheshvar, to the angry old women waiting for death. Collectively, the stories span the cycle of life, from childhood to old age, and women feature prominently in all.

Contents

Requim for an Unsung Revolutionary
The Boy
Just One Life
Homecoming
When I Return
The Prize
The House
She's Friend
Sairam's Garden
By the River
Silences
Blessed Are My Sons
The Man Next Door
Another Sort of Life
A Valentine for Mrs Lamba
The Dying of the Light
Twilight
The Collectore
Some Night it's Worse