{"product_id":"i-have-not-seen-mandu-a-fractured-soul-memoir-paperback","title":"I Have Not Seen Mandu a Fractured Soul-Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSwadesh Deepak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJerry Pinto\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Swadesh Deepak-celebrated Hindi playwright and short-story writer-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earrives at PGI, Chandigarh, after having tried to set himself on fire, the doctors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edon't know if he belongs in the burns unit or in the psychiatric ward. He's living a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'curse'. A dangerous seductress-his Mayavini-is taking revenge for his insulting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erebuff at her wish to visit with him the famous lovers' palace in Mandu. She comes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto him at night, sometimes with three white leopards, and she leaves the smell of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher body in his nostrils. When he tries to kill himself, she tells him he will not die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is firmly in her clutches, but he will tolerate anything for her, from humiliation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the hands of acquaintances to carnivorous worms under his skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fractured, shattering narrative-among the most unusual books ever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublished in India-records Deepak's descent into madness and his brief, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euncertain recovery. Shortly after it was published, he left home for a walk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone morning and never returned. As the translator, Jerry Pinto, writes in his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintroduction: '[Deepak's] words carry all the scars of who he was and what his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eillness had made of him... His voice echoes from the bottom of a well.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143922294936,"sku":"9789390477609","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/ldH9vLWqeh9789390477609.webp?v=1779397054","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/i-have-not-seen-mandu-a-fractured-soul-memoir-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}