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The Play of Dolls: Stories

 
Apurva Ranjan (Translator) John Vater (Translator) Kunwar Narain (Author)
Synopsis

Kunwar Narain's unusual short stories broke new ground and rejuvenated the genre when they appeared on the Indian literary landscape in 1971. Half a century later, in vivid English translation for the first time, they seem just as far-reaching-sometimes in the novelty of their insight, sometimes in their transcendence, sometimes in the world views they together uncover.By turns allegorical, satirical, poetic, poignant, playful and bizarre, Narain's layered, often deceptively simple tales unravel the existential and moral bewilderments of a society navigating the cold, cruel worlds of its own creation, while also allowing hope in the truly human. These bold, sometimes comic, often experimental and metaphysical stories weave love and otherness, fantasy and history, tenderness and silence-leaving us both restive and redeemed at once

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Bibliographic information

Title The Play of Dolls: Stories
Format Softcover
Date published: 07.03.2020
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Penguin India
Language: English
isbn 9780143446958
length 208p.