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020 _a 9789389136197
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041 _aEnglish
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_bSAN/FI
100 _aSanthosh Kumar,E
245 _aFISTFUL OF MUSTARD SEEDS : Collection Of Short Stories
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260 _aNew Delhi
_bNiyogi Books
_c2019/01/01
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500 _a These 12 stories, originally written and published in Malayalam over a period of almost two decades, represent different phases in E. Santhosh Kumars writing career spanning a quarter of a century. Hence the themes are different, though there are undercurrents that connect them like a blood stream. As the author says, 'working on a story is like working on a life, a set of characters around the geography where they live … while writing stories at least, writers do play God, in their little way. A Fistful of Mustard Seeds explores moral dilemmas, personal traumas and delves into the dark recesses of the soul. These insightful and deeply moving stories illuminate the elevations and abysses of the human condition. Sensitive, thought-provoking and perceptive, each story is a vignette into a different realm of emotional experience......
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505 _aHills, stars -- Three blind men describe an elephant -- Light years -- The Gospel according to the devil -- My father was a thief -- Death game -- The perch -- The crying Buddha -- Three fingers -- Another summer -- Helmet, not for sale -- A fistful of mustard seeds.
650 _aFiction
700 _aVenugopal,P N (tr.)
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