01314 a2200241 4500 11429 IN-BhIIT 20260318164815.0 260318b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9788184005028 (pbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 823 PAR/B Pariat, Janice Author 27585 Boats on land : a collection of short stories / Janice Pariat. Haryana : Penguin, 2012. 285 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Boats on Land is a unique way of looking at India’s northeast and its people against a larger historical canvas―the early days of the British Raj, the World Wars, conversions to Christianity, and the missionaries.This is a world in which the everyday is infused with folklore and a deep belief in the supernatural. Here, a girl dreams of being a firebird. An artist watches souls turn into trees. A man shape-shifts into a tiger. Another is bewitched by water fairies. Political struggles and social unrest interweave with fireside tales and age-old superstitions.Boats on Land quietly captures our fragile and awkward place in the world. English fiction 10037 Short stories 16896 GEN 15391 15391 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2026-02-19 52 299.25 0 823 PAR/B 11429 2026-02-19 00:00:00 399.00 2026-02-19 GEN