Half a Kilo Mixture: A Collection of Short Stories - Softcover

Ranjitha Ashok

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163904633X ISBN 13: 9781639046331

Publisher: Notion Press, 2021

Synopsis

The fifteen stories in this collection are a blend of varied human experiences, characters, emotions, moods, and times. A bit like the diverse ingredients, textures and flavours that come together in ‘mixture’!



Tragedy forges a link beyond time through an author’s works; a philosopher-thief expresses himself in a language unique to his city; the ancient, the inert, reach out to be heard; a celebration of a long-vanished river draws an unexpected presence. A surprising bond between the deceased and ‘the emissary’ forms ‘over’ death ceremonies; a long-ago act of anger offers a glimpse into a vanishing way of life. Two stories draw their essence from the Mahabharatha – one gives voice to lives crushed by choices they did not make, while another explores the thoughts of one of the epic’s more enigmatic characters.



While the landscape largely reflects a South Indian, at times Chennai-centric, milieu, the stories, filled with empathy, humour, and explorations into what it is to be human, speak to everyone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Notion Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163904633X
• ISBN 13: 9781639046331
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280