PASSION FLOWER

Award-winning author Cyrus
Mistry’s first collection of short stories is dark, mysterious and inhabited
by characters that walk a thin line between fantasy and reality. A
serendipitous discovery on the floor of a local bus transforms the
melancholic life of Percy, who meets a ghost in the washroom of a public
library, a new mother struggling with depression and the urge to end her
newborn’s life opens the door to a stranger, stalked by mysterious men,
Jacintha believes her enemies are out to eliminate her because she knows too
much, on New Year’s Eve, an aged couple clashes, replaying an annual ritual
that shrouds the unacknowledged secret buried between them twenty-three years
ago, two childhood friends, now co-workers at an advertising agency, indulge
in a never-ending display of one-upmanship, false camaraderie and intense,
unspoken resentment, Bokha tries to counter the powerful black magic of his
wicked old mother in order to shield his helpless lover, and Mahendroo, full
of himself, is consumed by his obsessive search for an elusive species of
Passiflora. Original and disturbing, Passion Flower is another triumph from
one of the country’s most gifted storytellers. Key Features: Cyrus Mistry is
the author of Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer which won this year’s DSC Prize
for South Asian Literature, one of the subcontinent’s most prestigious
literary prizes. This is the author’s first collection of short stories and
it is sure to get a lot of attention in the media. The stories are unique and
some of them offer a rare glimpse into the life of Bombay Parsees, something
Cyrus is adept at writing about.