Hundreds of Streets to the Palace of Lights - Short Stories by S Diwakar

In each of the seventeen stories, S. Diwakar creates characters that pursue meaning and purpose in the face of indifference and despair. Laced with irony, the stories explore the ubiquitous presence of pathos and the eventual triumph of the spirit that comes from unexpected sources.

List of contents

• Author's Note


• Translator's Note


• Introduction


• Epiphany


• Victory over Death


• History


• The Water in the Depths


• Murugabhupathi's Son: A Story and a Question Paper


• A Poem of White Flowers


• Fear


• Tomatoes


• The Photograph


• Runa


• The Vow


• Duality


• Anxiety


• Exorcised


• The Communalist


• Hundreds of Streets to the Palace of Lights


• The Box


• Glossary


• About the Author and the Translator

About the author

S. Diwakar has published a wide range of short stories, essays, translations, and literary criticism, and has also worked as a reporter and editor.

Susheela Punitha has translated Vaidehi's Aprushyaru, Na Dsouza's Dweepa, and U.R. Ananthamurthy's Bharathipura, which was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Hindu Literary Prize.

Summary

In each of the seventeen stories, S. Diwakar creates characters that pursue meaning and purpose in the face of indifference and despair. Laced with irony, the stories explore the ubiquitous presence of pathos and the eventual triumph of the spirit that comes from unexpected sources.

Product details

• Authors: S. Diwakar, Susheela Punitha
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199459681
• ISBN: 978-0-19-945968-1
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 202 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: postcolonial literature