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Three Virgins
Manjula Padmanabhan
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Description for Three Virgins
Paperback. Offers a collection of stories about unusual, radical, and troubling themes. This title features ten tales, which include a coming-of-age story, a marriage proposal, a thwarted murder, and a story about the Government of India's Bureau of Reincarnation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 284 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
From the award-winning writer of the acclaimed play "Harvest", this debut collection of stories will electrify readers with its unusual, radical, and troubling themes. Here are ten tales, some new, some old, and all of them edgy. In biting and satirical critiques of contemporary society, Manjula Padmanabhan displays a remarkable range. We read of a white American widow who plans a designer version of sati, or self-immolation, a pervert and his magic phallus on a double-decker bus, a black American girl with a unique take on Hindu civilization, a juvenile mad scientist who schemes in a proletarian dystopia, electronic simulacra ... Read more
From the award-winning writer of the acclaimed play "Harvest", this debut collection of stories will electrify readers with its unusual, radical, and troubling themes. Here are ten tales, some new, some old, and all of them edgy. In biting and satirical critiques of contemporary society, Manjula Padmanabhan displays a remarkable range. We read of a white American widow who plans a designer version of sati, or self-immolation, a pervert and his magic phallus on a double-decker bus, a black American girl with a unique take on Hindu civilization, a juvenile mad scientist who schemes in a proletarian dystopia, electronic simulacra ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789381017616
SKU
V9789381017616
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About Manjula Padmanabhan
Manjula Padmanabhan is an author, illustrator, playwright, and cartoonist. She was born in Delhi, but was raised in Sweden, Pakistan, and Thailand, before returning to the city of her birth. Her books include Getting There, Harvest, Escape, and two comic collections.
Reviews for Three Virgins
"This is easily one of the best collections of short stories I have read in a very long time." (Indian Review of Books) "The best thing about these stories is their momentum, their narrative drive. You keep turning the pages and there is always a pay-off at the end.... It fairly zips along, it flies." (Mukul Kesavan, Outlook India)"