Shanti (Faber Stories)
Author(s): Vikram Chandra
Who was she? Where was she going? Why did she return?
It is 1945, and twenty-year-old Shiv, grieving his identical twin brother, retreats to a small town in Uttar Pradesh. He is preparing to jump onto the train tracks when he is stopped by the sight of a woman.
Shanti's husband is a fighter pilot missing in Burma. For the past three years she has travelled the country in search of him. In every military hospital she visits she hears a new story, and every time she passes through Leharia she tells one to Shiv. Through stories within stories Chandra tells a spiralling tale of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.
Borrowing a structure from the Mahabharata, Vikram Chandra tells a spiralling story of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.
General Information
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : 0.061
- : 01 October 2019
- : .5 Centimeters X 11.1 Centimeters X 16 Centimeters
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Vikram Chandra
- : 1912
- : English
- : 80