A CLUTCH OF INDIAN MASTERPIECES (PB)

The stories in this collection
will make you see the world differently? as the greatest stories always
do.? The thirty-nine short stories in
this book will blow you away. Starting with a ghost story by Rabindranath Tagore,
India?s most famous writer and ending with a fable by Kanishk Tharoor, a
writer who has come of age in the twenty-first century, these literary
masterpieces showcase the extraordinary range and diversity of our
storytelling tradition. The first recognizably modern Indian short stories
were written in Bengal (by Tagore and others) in the second half of the
nineteenth century and writers from other regions were quick to follow suit,
often using the form to protest colonial oppression and the various ills
afflicting rural and urban India. Over the next century and a half, some of
the finest writers the world has seen produced outstanding fiction in every
conceivable genre. Many of these stories find a place in this volume, as does
work by emerging talent that has never been published in book form before.
Here you will find stories of classical realism, ones rooted in folklore and
myth, tales of fantasy, humour, horror, crime and romance, stories set in
villages, small towns, cities and the moon. They will entertain you and shock
you, they will lighten your mood and cast you down, they will move you and
they will make you reflect on life?s big and little questions. Most of all,
they will make you see the world differently?as the greatest stories always
do.? Features: ? Stories by beloved,
award-winning writers like Rabindranath Tagore, Anita Desai, U. R.
Ananthamurthy, Khushwant Singh, Nirmal Verma, Harishankar Parsai, Vikram
Chandra, Amrita Pritam, Upamanyu Chatterjee and others ? Conceived, edited
and introduced by David Davidar ? All the stories work beautifully in English
for today?s reader ? This anthology will appeal to both literary and
non-literary readers ? Covers a wide variety of genres including horror
stories, romance, crime, humour, fantasy and folklore