{"product_id":"9780571356867-shanti","title":"Shanti","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaber Stories\u003cbr\u003eFaber 90th Stories brings together some of our finest short stories, past, present and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho was she? Where was she going? Why did she return?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1945, and twenty-year-old Shiv, grieving his identical twin brother, retreats to a small town in Uttar Pradesh. He is preparing to jump onto the train tracks when he is stopped by the sight of a woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShanti's husband is a fighter pilot missing in Burma. For the past three years she has travelled the country in search of him. In every military hospital she visits she hears a new story, and every time she passes through Leharia she tells one to Shiv. Through stories within stories Chandra tells a spiralling tale of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorrowing a structure from the Mahabharata, Vikram Chandra tells a spiralling story of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449754464630,"sku":"9780571356867","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36416893.jpg?v=1760446645","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571356867-shanti","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}