The Train That Had Wings Selected Stories of M. Mukundan

The Train That Had Wings presents modern life in Kerala in terms of a shared but tragically compromised humanity. Mukundan dares to look beneath the routines and facades of everyday life in order to probe depth of sin, greed, and hypocrisy but also to rediscover what brings joy and hope. Sixteen sho...

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Main Author: Mukundan, M. (auth)
Other Authors: Davis, Donald (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2020
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