India
Subtitle: a traveler's literary companion
By: edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai
Publisher: Whereabouts Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781883513245
Notes: "Stories from eight languages and more than a dozen distinct cultures and regions--from north, south, east, west, and even from India's remote northeast--are brought together in this vibrant collection"--P. 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Anita Desai; title: Preface; title: North: Kasmhir: Salman Rushdie, The hair of the prophet; Delhi: Qurratulain Hyder, The sound of falling leaves; Agra: Kunal Basu, The accountant; title: Northeast: Assam: Jahnavi Barua, The magic spell; Arunachal Pradesh: Mamang Dai, The scent of orange blossom; title: East: Bihar: Phanishwarnath Renu, Panchlight; Kolkata: Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay, Canvasser Krishnanlal; Orissa: Fakir Mohan Senapati, Asura Pond; title: West: Gujarat: Nazir Mansuri, The whale; Mumbai: Vikram Chandra, Ganesh Gaitonde sells his gold; Goa: Anjum Hasan, Eye in the sky; title: South: Karnataka: Jayant Kaikini, Dots and lines; Kerala: Lalithambika Antherjanam, In the moonlight; Tamil Nadu: Githa Hariharan, Halfway animals.