The Resource Breathless in Bombay : stories, Murzban F. Shroff
Breathless in Bombay : stories, Murzban F. Shroff
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The item Breathless in Bombay : stories, Murzban F. Shroff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship of a carriage driver and his beloved horse
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 306 pages
- Note
- A collection of 15 stories
- Contents
-
- The great divide
- Meter down
- Love in the time of aids
- Babu Barrah Takka
- Jamal Haddi's revenge
- Breathless in Bombay
- Dhobi Ghat
- Traffic
- The Maalishwalla
- This house of mine
- The queen guards her own
- Haraami
- A different Bhel
- Busy Sunday
- Isbn
- 9780312372705
- Label
- Breathless in Bombay : stories
- Title
- Breathless in Bombay
- Title remainder
- stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Murzban F. Shroff
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueThought and thinking
- City and town life
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Mumbai (India) -- Fiction
- India -- Mumbai
- trueCaste
- trueCity life -- Mumbai, India
- Social conditions
- trueIndia
- trueMumbai, India -- Social conditions
- Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- trueShort stories
- City and town life -- India | Mumbai -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueMumbai, India
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Shroff's vibrant narratives in this concept collection of 14 stories set in contemporary Bombay feature a range of beautifully drawn characters in fascinating situations: from the laundrywallas' water shortage problems, to the doomed love affair of a schizophrenic painter and his Bollywood girlfriend, to the wandering thoughts of a massagewalla at Chowpatty Beach, to the heart-warming relationship of a carriage driver and his beloved horse
- Summary
- A collection of fifteen stories set against the backdrop of modern-day Bombay evokes the lives of an array of vibrant characters, including a laundry wallah dealing with water shortage problems, a taxi driver who exploits all the tricks of his trade to make a living, and a carriage driver and his horse in an increasingly high-tech world. Original. 17,500 first printing
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- 221411
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Shroff, Murzban F
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mumbai (India)
- City and town life
- Mumbai (India)
- City and town life
- Social conditions
- India
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Breathless in Bombay : stories, Murzban F. Shroff
- Note
- A collection of 15 stories
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The great divide
- Meter down
- Love in the time of aids
- Babu Barrah Takka
- Jamal Haddi's revenge
- Breathless in Bombay
- Dhobi Ghat
- Traffic
- The Maalishwalla
- This house of mine
- The queen guards her own
- Haraami
- A different Bhel
- Busy Sunday
- Control code
- ocn156832415
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312372705
- Lccn
- 2007038265
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)156832415
- Label
- Breathless in Bombay : stories, Murzban F. Shroff
- Note
- A collection of 15 stories
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The great divide
- Meter down
- Love in the time of aids
- Babu Barrah Takka
- Jamal Haddi's revenge
- Breathless in Bombay
- Dhobi Ghat
- Traffic
- The Maalishwalla
- This house of mine
- The queen guards her own
- Haraami
- A different Bhel
- Busy Sunday
- Control code
- ocn156832415
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312372705
- Lccn
- 2007038265
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)156832415
Subject
- trueCaste
- City and town life
- City and town life -- India | Mumbai -- Fiction
- trueCity life -- Mumbai, India
- Fiction
- trueIndia
- India -- Mumbai
- trueInterpersonal relations
- trueLiterary fiction
- Mumbai (India) -- Fiction
- Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- trueMumbai, India
- trueMumbai, India -- Social conditions
- trueShort stories
- Social conditions
- trueThought and thinking
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