A Clutch of Indian Masterpieces: Extraordinary Short Stories from the 19th Century to the Present

SPECIFICATION: Publisher : Aleph Book Company By : David Davidar Cover : Paperback Language : English Edition : 2016 Pages : 544 pages Weight : 720 g Size : 15.7 x 4.1 x 23.2 cm ISBN-10 : 9382277293 ISBN-13 : 978-9382277293 DESCRIPTION:  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 out