Eunuch Park

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Eunuch Park

fifteen stories of love and destruction

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"A rare, audacious look at India's underbelly." TIME

"Among the best stories I have read in a long time." AMIT CHAUDHURI

"The most exciting South Asian debut in years."AAMER HUSSEIN

"A brilliant first collection of short stories steeped in black humour explores
masculinity and the changing face of urban india." NILANJANA ROY, BUSINESSWORLD

"A stunning debut from an author in his early thirties." MANJULA PADMANABHAN, OUTLOOK

"In an age where soppy teenage romances and household drama clutter bookshelves, Eunuch Park is a startlingly different read.The author has daringly picked subjects that Indian readers are usually wary of. However, the characters are skilfully dealt with, their emotions and passions drawn out,so that the reader is left empathizing with them, which can be a little unnerving. The experience can be disquieting,especially as Palash Mehrotra has not softened any blows." DECCAN HERALD

"Reading the fifteen stories is like having a ringside view of a Formula One car race. Anything could happen here and it would be safest to expect the unexpected." OPEN

"Lean. Taut. Edgy." MensXP.com

"Each story peeps into bedrooms, throws aside a veil but most importantly lays bare our soul." THE HINDU

"Mehrotra's characters are the modern descendents of Manto's colourful protagonists." TEHELKA

"A rich, rewarding read from a debut writer with a formidable lineage who is only 34.Unusual, engaging, memorable."BUSINESSWORLD

"A riveting account of men and manners...Pick it up."MID-DAY

"The writing in Eunuch Park has an enviable economy." BIBLIO

"These stunning stories entice us into the dark,wild, seedy corners of urban India. This world of drug addicts, cross dressers,prostitutes and other wayward creatures can shock, frighten or touch a raw nerve." BTW Magazine

"Palash Mehrotra's heroes usually inhabit seedy,ugly environs, from boys' hostels to train bogeys, to dingy bars.Yet, even as they display an air of abject aimlessness, they appear not to resist any opportunity to experiment, when it comes to their own sexuality. Or drugs. Or violence." THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE

EUNUCH PARK WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU BEST FICTION AWARD 2010,
AND THE SHAKTI BHATT FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2009

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Language
English
Pages
185

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Eunuch Park: fifteen stories of love and destruction
2009, Penguin Books India
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Cover of: Eunuch Park
Eunuch Park: fifteen stories of love and destruction
2009, Penguin Books India
in English
Cover of: Eunuch Park
Eunuch Park: fifteen stories of love and destruction
2009, Penguin Books India
in English
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Eunuch Park: fifteen stories of love and destruction
2009, Penguin Books India
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Table of Contents

Dancing with men
Fit of rage
Pornography
Eunuch Park
Nobody wants to eat my mangoes
Bloody and the friendship club
Rubber band
Okhla Basti
The teacher's daughter
Touch and go
The nick of time
The farewell
The other evening
The wrist
Freshers' welcome.

Edition Notes

Some previously published.

Published in
New Delhi
Genre
Fiction
Other Titles
Eunuch Park :

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.92
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.M44 E96 2009, MLCS 2008/00133 (P), PR9499.4.M447, PR9499.3.M44E96 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
185 p. ;
Number of pages
185

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23634187M
ISBN 10
0143099922
ISBN 13
9780143099925
LCCN
2009346271
OCLC/WorldCat
405331355

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