The Keeper of Desolation
Stories
by Chandan Pandey, Translated by Sayari Debnath
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Pub Date Apr 15 2024 | Archive Date Feb 03 2026
HarperCollins Publishers India | Harper Perennial
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Description
A farmer urges the Prime Minister to change the formula for compound interest…
A man refuses to make space for another on a train and is beaten to death…
A family living in a single room forgets one member even exists…
Surreal yet gritty, violent yet poetic—such is the world of Chandan Pandey’s fiction. Set deep in the heart of present-day India, The Keeper of Desolation chronicles the warped realities our everyday lives must confront and battle. Immersive and provocative in equal measure, these stories from one of the most powerful voices of our generation make for an arresting record of our times—while transcending time itself.
Advance Praise
‘Sinister and tender, poignant and hard-hitting, the stories in The Keeper of Desolation bring us face to face with the wretched and the affluent, the good and the evil of contemporary Indian society. Sensitive to Chandan Pandey’s ever-varying, often whimsical, idioms, tones and styles, Sayari Debnath’s translation provides glimpses into his outstanding fiction.’—GEETANJALI SHREE, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9789356998582 |
| PRICE | |
| PAGES | 240 |
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