ONE THOUSAND DAYS IN A REFRIGERATOR
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Manoj Kumar Panda
Translated by Snehaprava Das
This collection of 14 short stories from the Oriya writer Manoj Kumar Panda weaves together dramatic plots and vivid characters. One story narrates a woman’s journey to the house of a man who raped her. Another is about a village thrown into chaos by a tiger’s killing of a shepherd. The particularly haunting story that gives the collection its title describes a woman lying comatose in a refrigerated chamber, as her husband sits before her and finally shares thoughts he never dared express when she was conscious.
Speaking Tiger, 224 pages, Rs299
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