{"product_id":"sandalwood-soap-and-other-stories","title":"Sandalwood Soap and other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerumal Murugan returns to his old themes - caste and the world of rural and semi-rural Tamil Nadu - in his new collection of short stories, mingling absurdity and pathos like no one else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe titular story is about a young boy whose job is to police the toilets in a mofussil bus stand and urge users to emerge sooner. 'It is as if shit is stuck on my body', he tells the story's narrator, pleading to be taken away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 'The Last Cloth' , a man who returns to his village after a city education is revolted seeing his mother walk about bare breasted. She however has never worn a blouse, not even in her prime, and is terrified at being asked to in her old age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile 'Neelaakka' tells the story of a woman who is mocked for stains on her teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories and many more are part of this unsettling, moving and grippingly told collection. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perumal Murugan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256710193199,"sku":"9789353451820","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789353451820.jpg?v=1777365457","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/sandalwood-soap-and-other-stories","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}