A remarkable short story collection worthy of acclaim
Status dominates, often to the point of ruin, always to the brink of despair, though to outside eyes the details and variations between the poverty-stricken and the privileged remain semantic at best.
A low-caste but moderately successful shopkeeper struggles to deal with a relentless shoplifter who happens to be the daughter of one of the town’s most powerful families. A young man, qualified as an engineer, has moved back to his impoverished mountain village to look after his ungrateful grandmother, and spends his days arguing with a couple of gentle Christian missionaries.
