Bøker av Shrilal Shukla

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DescriptionWhen Durgadas, an ordinary businessman from Delhi, is arrested for murderin Lucknow, the lives of the people he left behind-his family and friends-unravel in unexpected ways. As they fight to prove his innocence and dealwith the upheaval in their lives, they find themselves turning against eachother. Taranath, his eldest son, searches for meaning and strength in religionand ritual when the law seems to fail him. Rajnath, his younger son, findshis marriage with his wife, Neela, coming undone when they decide againsthaving a child until Durgadas is acquitted. His youngest daughter, Chaand,struggles with her attraction towards Vimal, the much older family friend andDurgadas''s confidant. Vimal''s integrity and Chaand''s loyalties are tested aspeople around them try to drive them apart.Fragments of Happiness follows the tumult of ordinary people learning abouttheir own power and helplessness in the face of extraordinary circumstances.Originally published in Hindi in 1973 as Seemayein Tootati Hain-five yearsafter the cult classic Raag Darbari-with this novel Shrilal Shukla proveshimself to be as great a master of tragedy as he was of satire.