Transaction of Belonging - Softcover

Padmanabhan, Jaya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9383562277 ISBN 13: 9789383562275

Publisher: Platinum Press, 2014

Synopsis

The short stories in the collection blend emotion and introspection. Moments of urgency and sweetness are fully canvassed and explored. The stories draw out and examine the texture of emotional belonging. In "His Curls," a mother suffers the anguish of wondering if her son is a terrorist. The ending is left to interpretation and several possibilities. The reader is forced to teeter between laughter and sadness in the tragicomedy of "An Indian Summer." "The Blue Arc" is a redemptive tale of a young woman who shows enormous courage. Each story in the collection is a journey of insights. Transactions of Belonging is a unique, intense and gripping work of short fiction. “In this debut collection, Jaya Padmanabhan has brought together a diverse and memorable group of characters from many kinds of backgrounds. With meticulous details and keen observation, she brings them to life and makes us care about them—their poverty, their loneliness, their tragedies and their triumphs."—CHITRA DIVAKARUNI, author of The Mistress of Spices and Oleander Girl

About this title

About the Author:

Jaya Padmanabhan has worked as a Copywriter, Sales Manager, Collections Agent, Software Engineer and Television Producer before emerging as a writer. She believes that her previous jobs distinctly inhabit her work. She has won three Katha Short Story Contest titles, the Lorian Hemingway Short Story recognition and the New America Media award for feature reporting. She lives in California with her husband, mother, twin girls and a Goldendoodle. She is the editor of India Currents magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Platinum Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9383562277
• ISBN 13: 9789383562275
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198