Description

An entrepreneur in Bosnia, a ghost in the elevator, a deaf-mute father who dies yearning for his son's acceptance, a fantastical kingdom of people without tongues, a young girl on the threshold of marriage and death – this collection of stories takes us through the strange and often twisted realities that shape our lives. We meet the pragmatic Dina Lal who trades religion for safety in anti-Hindu Pakistan, a still-dignified Narjis on her last journey while her child sleeps in the arms of her jailor, and several others – young and old, male and female – as they wrestle with the dile mmas of conflicting cultures and ideologies.