Hachette India

The Walls of Delhi

Uday Prakash

Jason Grunebaum

Three stinging, darkly comic tales capture in telling detail life and survival in today's India.

In the title story a sweeper discovers a cache of black money and escapes to see the Taj Mahal with his underage mistress; in 'Mohandas' a Dalit races to reclaim his life stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; and in 'Mangosil' a baby's head gets bigger and bigger as he gets smarter and smarter, while his family tries to find a cure.

The stories in this collection are a testament to Uday Prakash's extraordinary gift as a storyteller and his original, bold voice.

Classification : General & Literary Fiction
Pub Date : JAN 15, 2013
Imprint : Hachette India
Page Extent : 242
Binding : PB
ISBN : 9789350096260
Price : INR 499

Uday Prakash

UDAY PRAKASH is one of contemporary Hindi's most important voices. His volumes of poetry and fiction, published over the past twenty-five years, have earned him numerous Indian and international literary awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award, and his work has been translated into ten languages. Uday is also a freelance writer and journalist, a filmmaker of documentaries, feature films and television series. He divides his time between New Delhi and Sitapur in Madhya Pradesh.

Jason Grunebaum

JASON GRUNEBAUM is a writer and translator who has worked as an interpreter and delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kashmir, Kosovo, and East Timor. His translation from Hindi of Uday Prakash's novel The Girl with the Golden Parasol was awarded a PEN Translation Fund grant, and he has received a National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellowship for his translation of Manzoor Ahtesham's The Tale of the Missing Man. His own short stories have appeared in many literary journals. Jason is a Senior Lecturer in Hindi at the University of Chicago, where he also teaches creative writing.>