You Cannot Have All The Answer and Other Stories
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAP637 |
Author: | Deepa Agarwal |
Publisher: | Niyogi Books |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2018 |
ISBN: | 9789386906373 |
Pages: | 188 |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.0 inch X 5.5 inch |
Weight | 240 gm |
Book Description
'some stories begin at the beginning and some at the end. And in some it's hard to say where the beginning is and where the end.'
You cannot Have all the Answers, a collection of fifteen short stories, offers glimpse into the conflicting emotions that define the human condition, and protrays, characters who attempt to seek answers to a variety of existential questions.
Including The Asian Age short –story competitions winner, Cradle Song, these narratives deal with issues like trauma, sexuality, prejudice, family realtions and the recklessness of youth.
Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal writes for both children and adults and has over 50 books published. Among other recognitions, she received the NCERT, National Award for Childrens's Literature in 1993, and has been featured on the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Honour List, 2008.
Content | Page No. |
Cradle Song | 7 |
The Back Veranadah | 19 |
You Cannot Have All The Answers | 36 |
The Phalanx | 49 |
Closure | 67 |
The Path | 73 |
The Stuff of Dreams | 86 |
Karma | 109 |
The Crossings | 122 |
If the Earth Should Move | 133 |
House of Cards | 149 |
Babies | 160 |
Why Did You Kill Mahatma Gandhi? | 167 |
Visitors' Hour | 175 |