ONE THOUSAND DAYS IN A REFRIGERATOR

Manoj Kumar Panda

Translated by Snehaprava Das

This collection of 14 short stories from the Oriya writer Manoj Kumar Panda weaves together dramatic plots and vivid characters. One story narrates a woman’s journey to the house of a man who raped her. Another is about a village thrown into chaos by a tiger’s killing of a shepherd. The particularly haunting story that gives the collection its title describes a woman lying comatose in a refrigerated chamber, as her husband sits before her and finally shares thoughts he never dared express when she was conscious.

Speaking Tiger, 224 pages, Rs299