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About Manjula Padmanabhan

Kleptomania: Ten Stories

Ten Stories
Manjula Padmanabhan - Author
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Book: Paperback | 5.11 x 8.07in | 216 pages | ISBN 9780143031130 | 16 May 2005 | Penguin India | 18 - AND UP
Kleptomania: Ten Stories

In this brilliantly versatile collection of stories from the award-winning author of Harvest, the reader will encounter a range of themes, from murder mystery to science fiction. The author's vision of a post-apocalypse future is dark, but rendered with a rich vein of irony and humour that allows us to roller-coast with her into a world where air and water and the earth itself take on new shades of meaning. Then there are the here-and-now stories of bodies turning up in backyards, of love betrayed and sexuality discovered, of bitter awakenings and upbeat endings. Intelligent, opinionated, and playful, this is a collection that defies limitations of time, space, and imagination to conjure up new morality tales for our time.

Kleptomania Introduction

Kleptomania
Beads
Betrayal
Sharing Air
Gandhi-Toxin
The Body in the Backyard
The Girl Who Could Make People Naked
2099
Morning Glory in East-of-Kailash
An Upbeat Story

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