{"product_id":"an-order-from-the-sky-and-other-stories","title":"An Order from the Sky and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man offering curses and prayers, gifts and threats to his favourite deity before embarking upon a day of thieving... A woman in a packed bus, desperate to get home before her clothes are soaked with menstrual blood, but also determined to save a seat for a fellow woman... A loyal, ageing party worker, hoping to finally contest an election, but discovering instead the worm in the apple of democracy...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet for the most part in the small towns and villages of present-day Tamil Nadu, these stories describe the aspirations and agonies of the men and women living and working there: what they want is to survive and thrive as human beings. Imayam - winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award, and one of the most significant Tamil writers today - peers into their lives and observes them with rare empathy and attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in spare, modern prose spiced with pungent regional dialect, and brought brilliantly to new life in Vasantha Surya's translation, \u003cem\u003eAn Order from the Sky and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003eredefines the possibilities of Indian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trans. Vasantha Imayam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964639932463,"sku":"9789356294240","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789356294240.jpg?v=1771334857","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/an-order-from-the-sky-and-other-stories","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}