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Number of Pages
276
Age Group
All
Language
Marathi
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Book Summary
This is a work of literary fiction told as a collection of interconnected stories. Set in Indiaโs northeast, it places folklore and the supernatural against a broad historical canvasโcolonial era shifts, world wars, and changing religious currents. The intended reader is adults who enjoy lyrical prose, cultural memory, and magical realism. The tone is evocative, intimate, and quietly adventurous.
Each story unfolds through story-led prose that blends myth with memory. Expect vivid, sensory scenes as a girl dreams of becoming a firebird, an artist witnesses souls turning into trees, a man shape-shifts into a tiger, and other figures bewitched by water fairies. The reading experience is immersive and contemplative, inviting you to move through landscapes where belief and history mingle.
Together these tales examine identity, belonging, and the uneasy places people occupy in a changing world. Standalone yet threaded by shared motifs, they let you dip in for a moment or follow the arc of a larger journey.
Readers finish with a deeper sense of place and history, a broadened empathy for people shaped by myth and empire, and a lasting curiosity about how belief, memory, and landscape intersect to form a unique cultural vision.
Product Details
Author
Janice Pariat
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
276
Language
Marathi
SKU
BK0364443
ISBN
9788184951677
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
13x2x20CM
Binding
Paperback
MRP: โน 399
โน 360
โน 39 Off