The girl at the grocery store
His fridge was empty that day when he opened it. Living on a bowl of cereal was not ideal, so he reluctantly left his house to go to the store.
His fridge was empty that day when he opened it. Living on a bowl of cereal was not ideal, so he reluctantly left his house to go to the store.
I walked for a while before I suddenly stopped. Why weren’t there any rooms in the entire corridor? I turned around just to see that behind me, from where I had only walked seconds ago, there was complete darkness. Like that of a void.
Apparently those days, for no reason, their pet dog always jumped up and down when it was in a particular room, growling and barking up at the ceiling. Though there seemed to be no one in the room, the pet dog stared at the wall as though someone were standing beside it.
She decided to get up and turn off the tap. Again, that is. Because she remembers turning it off properly before going to bed.
Dreams, or rather unsettling nightmares, disturb me and jolt me out of slumber. I was panting and breathing heavily.
The book will be out in April 2024 and is billed to be gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art—and finding the strength to stand up again.
Though the stories are her own translations of her original work in Italian, just like her previous short novel, Whereabouts (Dove Mi Trovo) was about a professor, a female protagonist, who negotiates her life in what is presumably Rome.
It's not just a city of literature and sweets; it’s a city that harbours spirits of the bygone eras, lurking behind ornate windows, baroque cornices and weathered facades.
The students of Ashok Hall recently visited the bageecha, where they had first-hand experience of sylvan nature.
Then, in 2002, the Man Group stepped in as the sponsor, and the prize came to be known as the Man Booker. The Booker Prize Foundation remained the managing body.
