{"product_id":"dying-wishes-anitha-krishnan-9781775227816","title":"Dying Wishes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*** Finalist for 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Speculative Fiction category ***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen I was seven, my mother died. I struck a bargain with the Gods to bring her back to life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thirteen years now, I have served as a Harbinger of Death, coaxing dying wishes out of mortals so that the God of Death may grant them \u003cem\u003emoksha\u003c\/em\u003e, liberation from the cycles of birth and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe man about to die this evening claims he has nothing to offer me. He is dying a content man, a rarity in our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the God of Death arrives to lead his soul away, the man changes his mind about dying and flees, planting on me something that is not quite a dying wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI only know I cannot trust any God with this secret. And that I'll pay an unbearable price for this concealment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet again, I underestimate how savagely the Gods can wound me. Even though one of them is supposedly my father who still doesn't know I exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet in Burlington, Ontario, this contemporary fantasy novel weaves Hindu mythology and South Indian folklore into a quest for belonging across different worlds - the World of Mortals and the World of Gods, India and Canada, the past and the present, the world outside and the one within.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is an offering to lovers of whimsical worlds and heartbreaking prose, and to anyone yearning to simply belong.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anitha Krishnan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1775227812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781775227816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.08d","brand":"Anitha Krishnan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486027886847,"sku":"9781775227816","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f06775cc-712e-453c-a298-fabe7b8bca8f.jpg?v=1778053187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dying-wishes-anitha-krishnan-9781775227816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}