The Better Man: A NovelA magical, inventive novel about one man's struggle to find his place in the small Indian village of his birth |
Contents
The Craggy Face of Steadfastness | |
The Mountain That Was As Flat As a Football Field on | |
Seeking to Escape | |
The Echo of the Wooden Clogs | |
A Few Battles | |
Sweet Joy This | |
The Sermon of the Shrimp Heap | |
Serenading Anjana | |
An Unsuitable Love | |
An Abacus of Words | |
The Taunt of the Banana Stalk | |
Part IV | |
Onescrewloose Bhasi Stakes His Claim | |
Part II | |
The Landscape of Perpetual Succour | |
The Village Voice | |
When the Pala Tree Burst into Bloom | |
A Harvest of Discontent | |
A Matter of Hair and a Tug of | |
Sleeping Dogs Bite Twice As Hard | |
Part III | |
A Handful of Water | |
The Forest of Umbrellas and the Womb | |
The Density of Power | |
A Glimpse of Fragility | |
A Committee of Notables | |
Verdigris on Love | |
Part V | |
Fireflies Are Not Stars | |
A Paying of Dues | |
A Better Man Than His Father | |
Epilogue | |
Glossary Copyright | |