When peacocks dance : stories / Vasanthi Victor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Victor, Vasanthi.

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xii, 113 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NE : iUniverse, 2003.

Summary:

In these stories there is an interweaving of the past and the present while the main characters -women are seemingly engaged in some ordinary pursuit of daily life. As in The Long Journey where Kamala is traveling by rail, or in the case of Nirmala in The Corner Laundromat, Asha waiting to pick up her child outside school in Blessing From Above, Uma commuting to work in Silicon Valley in Suburban Mona Lisa; the small betrayals or infidelities in their lives, whether real or imagined, and their effort in surmounting these form the main theme of this collection. The stories are short and precise and written in a compelling narrative voice that draws the reader in. There are no boundaries here, whether it be the U.S. or India, they all celebrate women's lives--their trials and tribulations and the heartfelt messages of soul and survival.

Contents:

Part I: Here and there

The custard apple tree

Blessing from above

The long journey

When peacocks dance

Moth to flame

Ruksana's wish

Suburban Mona Lisa

The two Sushma's

At the corner laundromat

Part II: Kerala stories

Lakshmi

Chicken dreams

A spin in the backwaters

In small letters.

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

0595269354

OCLC:

52609178