{"product_id":"three-virgins-and-other-stories-by-manjula-padmanabhan-9789381017616","title":"Three Virgins – And Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning writer of the acclaimed play \u003ci\u003eHarvest\u003c\/i\u003e, this debut collection of stories will electrify readers with its unusual, radical, and troubling themes. Here are ten tales, some new, some old, and all of them edgy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn biting and satirical critiques of contemporary society, Manjula Padmanabhan displays a remarkable range. We read of a white American widow who plans a designer version of \u003ci\u003esati\u003c\/i\u003e or self-immolation, a pervert and his magic phallus on a double-decker bus, a black American girl with a unique take on Hindu civilization, a juvenile mad scientist who schemes in a proletarian dystopia, electronic simulacra that make high-voltage love, and a mature scientist who confronts infertility in teeming India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor good measure, there’s also a coming-of-age story, a marriage proposal, a thwarted murder, and a story about the Government of India’s Bureau of Reincarnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537360044268,"sku":"9789381017616","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23f2b285f69e264d0b4476875ff6e00a.jpg?v=1776901477","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/three-virgins-and-other-stories-by-manjula-padmanabhan-9789381017616","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}