About the Book: Ghachar Ghochar
From a cramped, ant-infested house to a spacious bungalow, a family finds
itself making a transition in many ways. The narrator, a sensitive young man, is
numbed by the swirl around him. All he can do is flee every day to an old-world
cafe, where he seeks solace from an oracular waiter. As members of the family
realign their equations and desires, new strands are knotted, others come apart,
and conflict brews dangerously in the background. Masterfully translated from
the Kannada by Srinath Perur, Ghachar Ghochar is a suspenseful, playful and
ultimately menacing story about the shifting consequences of success.
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