Title:
The ministry of utmost happiness [large print]
Author:
Edition:
First large print edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Large Print, [2017]
©2017.
Physical Description:
661 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780525590095
Abstract:
In a graveyard outside the walls of Old Delhi, a resident unrolls a threadbare Persian carpet. On a concrete sidewalk, a baby suddenly appears, just after midnight. In a snowy valley, a bereaved father writes a letter to his five-year-old daughter about the people who came to her funeral. In a second-floor apartment, a lone woman chain-smokes as she reads through her old notebooks. At the Jannat Guest House, two people who have known each other all their lives sleep with their arms wrapped around each other, as though they have just met. All have been broken by the world we live in-- and then mended by love. For this reason, they will never surrender.
Contents:
Where Do Old Birds Go to Die? -- Khwabgah -- The Nativity -- Dr. Azad Bhartiya -- The Slow-Goose Chase -- Some Questions for Later -- The Landlord -- The Tenant -- The Untimely Death of Miss Jebeen the First -- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness -- The Landlord -- Guih Kyom.
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Language:
English