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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra, Kochi
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bDAM/WA
100			_aDamodar Mauzo
245			_aWAIT AND OTHER STORIES _c/Translated from the Konkani By Xavier Cota
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260			_aHaryana _bPenguin Randon House _c2022/01/01
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500			_aA cab driver, who assumes the identity of whoever his clients want him to be, finds himself in a tricky situation with a passenger. A late-night call leads a doctor down a path of lust and desire, but with unexpected results. A writer acquaints himself with a thief who had broken into his house. A migrant worker falls in love but wonders how he can present himself as a suitor. A young man, having lost the love of his life, takes it upon himself to resolve another couple’s dilemmas. Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo’s sometimes bizarre, sometimes tender stories, set largely in Goa, create a world far removed from the sun and sand and the holiday resorts. Here you find villagers facing moral choices, children waking up to the realities of adult lives, men who dwell on remorse, women who live a life of regret and communities whose bonds are growing tenuous in an age of religious polarization. Probing the deepest corners of the human psyche with tongue-in-cheek humour, Mauzo’s stories reveal the many threads that connect us to others and the ease with which they can be broken. Written in simple prose and yet layered in nuances, The Wait is a collection that brings to the anglophone world one of the doyens of Konkani literature.
650			_aFiction
650			_aStories-Konkani Literature
700			_aXavier Cota (tr.)
942			_cLEN
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