{"product_id":"his-fathers-disease-aruni-kashyap","title":"His Father's Disease - Aruni Kashyap","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHonest, searing, and unapologetic. In this brilliant and genre-defining collection of short stories, acclaimed author Aruni Kashyap probes the raw intersections of regional identity, suppressed sexuality, structural violence, and the deep-rooted longing for belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe collection opens with Sanjib, an Assamese writer attending a literary conference in Delhi, who reimagines the enduring local fable of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"138\"\u003eTejimola\u003c\/i\u003e—the tragic girl who sprouted green leaves. Instead of engaging with his art, the metropolitan, English-language literati press him with a singular, reductive question: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"315\"\u003eWhy isn't he writing about the political insurgency?\u003c\/i\u003e With this sharp, introductory critique, Aruni Kashyap sets a masterful tone for an intimate exploration of a terrain that is simultaneously familiar and deeply alien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003eReminiscent of modern post-colonial literary masters like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Daniyal Mueenuddin, Kashyap presses into the heavy silences of the rural village and the nascent, expanding city to pull out their closely guarded secrets. The result is a frank, haunting appraisal of contemporary hypocrisies, human desires, quiet hopes, and crushing defeats. Moving seamlessly across tales that root up the complexities of queer love, systemic conflict, protective motherhood, and raw sexuality, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"501\"\u003eHis Father's Disease\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the very nature of representation. Kashyap constantly forces us to ask: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"605\"\u003eWhat are the stories about a place that are traditionally told, which ones are truly worth telling, and what is it that we actually want to say?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy This Contemporary Literary Fiction Collection is a Must-Read:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSearing Post-Colonial Perspective:\u003c\/b\u003e Offers an authentic, nuanced look at Northeast India, brilliantly dismantling the mainland's exoticized or conflict-driven stereotypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFearless Exploration of Identity \u0026amp; Sexuality:\u003c\/b\u003e Features complex characters navigating their queer identities, desires, and personal agency against conservative backdrops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMasterful Short Prose:\u003c\/b\u003e Essential for readers of boundary-pushing contemporary Indian literature who value sharp social critiques wrapped in rich, lyrical storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BEETLE BOOK SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52404374536475,"sku":null,"price":424.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2150\/0699\/files\/81SjlB8Qn4L._SL1500.jpg?v=1782465531","url":"https:\/\/beetlebookshop.com\/kn\/products\/his-fathers-disease-aruni-kashyap","provider":"Beetle Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}