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_bPAR/B
100 _aPariat, Janice
_eAuthor
_927585
245 _aBoats on land :
_ba collection of short stories /
_cJanice Pariat.
260 _aHaryana :
_bPenguin,
_c2012.
300 _a285 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aBoats 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.
650 _aEnglish fiction
_910037
650 _aShort stories
_916896
942 _cGEN
999 _c15391
_d15391