Things We Found During the Autopsy Short Fiction |
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| Author:
| Manickavel, Kuzhali |
| ISBN: | 978-93-80636-17-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Blaft Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Fiction. Short Stories. THINGS WE FOUND DURING THE AUTOPSY is South Indian writer Kuzhali Manickavel's second collection of short fiction, in which she presents a dizzying array of apocalyptic visions and fractured childhood memories. These stories contain the following: a dragon; angels; Indian culture; one Christmas story for children; no Indian culture whatsoever; men; poor people; voluntarily homeless youths; women; drugs; sex; Indian dads in cold foreign countries; vomit; boys;...
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Fiction. Short Stories. THINGS WE FOUND DURING THE AUTOPSY is South Indian writer Kuzhali Manickavel's second collection of short fiction, in which she presents a dizzying array of apocalyptic visions and fractured childhood memories. These stories contain the following: a dragon; angels; Indian culture; one Christmas story for children; no Indian culture whatsoever; men; poor people; voluntarily homeless youths; women; drugs; sex; Indian dads in cold foreign countries; vomit; boys; girl's hostels; girls; future tense; the Tropicool Icy-Land Urban Indian Slum; ash, and the people who eat ash; authentic village life written from a privileged English-speaking perspective; homosexuals; white people; references to Rajinikanth; non-italicized Tamil words; whores; brain aneurysms; Western dance in South Indian women's colleges; Pazhani; floods; shapeshifters; men named Kathir; minty-fresh non-cola cola; and wannabe Naxalites.