The Cold War of Sadanand Borse

When a humble funeral procession collides with a scooter on a scorchingafternoon, a chain of bewildering, comical, and deeply revealing events is setin motion. At the centre of it all is Sadanand Borse-an unremarkable, lowermiddle-class man whose sudden lottery win turns his small, anxious worldupside down.In The Cold War of Sadanand Borse, one of contemporary Marathi literature'smost incisive voices, Shyam Manohar, turns the microscope on the moraland emotional contradictions of India's aspiring middle class in the post-Independence era. Through the chaos that follows a simple accident-unfolding across streets, hospitals, cramped apartments, and gossipingneighbourhoods-Manohar paints a world teetering between aspiration andinsecurity, decency and greed, humanity and absurdity.Translated with wit and precision by Jerry Pinto, this darkly comic novellaexposes the quiet hostilities and petty wars that define urban life-the smallhumiliations and secret ambitions that shape the Indian middle-class dream.At once satirical and tender, this is a brilliantly observed study of how suddenfortune, social pressure, and the hunger for dignity can turn ordinary livesinto a tragicomedy.

Pagina's: 160, Paperback, Speaking Tiger Books