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Short stories. |
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Electronic book. |
| Summary |
Set in and around Shillong, Cherrapunjee and pockets of Assam, these tales are shaped against a larger historical canvas of the early days of the British Raj, the World Wars, conversions to Christianity, and the missionaries. Spanning a sweep of centuries, from the mid-1800s to the present day, the stories work as a historical, sociological documentation of a place and its people, interweaving the quotidien and the mythic, the mundane and the extraordinary. This is a world in which the everyday is infused with folklore and a deep belief in the supernatural. Here, a girl dreams of being a firebird. An artist watches souls turn into trees. A man shape-shifts into a tiger. Another is bewitched by water fairies. Political struggles and social unrest interweave with fireside tales and age-old superstitions. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Noida, Uttar Pradesh RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 2012 Available via World Wide Web. |
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Electronic books.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| ISBN |
9788184003390 (electronic bk.) |
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