{"product_id":"nine-lives-venkatachalam-viswanathan-9798287733988","title":"Nine Lives: Stories from the Edge of Work and Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if your workday was quietly killing you?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Lives\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when ambition and silence collide - and ordinary people are pushed to extraordinary limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Lives - Lives at the Edge of Work and Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of Indian short stories that lay bare the quiet battles of ordinary people trying to make a living in corporate India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNine emotionally charged stories that examine the fragile balance between duty and desire, ambition and burnout, silence and survival - and the moral ambiguity that lies between most decisions.\u003cp\u003eSet between 1990 and 2025, a period of tumultuous change in the lives of middle-class Indians, these stories chart a landscape where ambition bloomed like never before - but so did anxiety, loneliness, and quiet disillusionment.\u003cbr\u003eHere, material success often meant climbing the corporate ladder - but not without cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the gleaming facades of offices and the stillness of middle-class homes, \u003ci\u003eNine Lives\u003c\/i\u003e captures moments of great aspiration and quiet ruin.\u003cbr\u003eFrom a dutiful husband buckling under the weight of expectations to a weary caregiver confronting the limits of love, each life portrayed here is painfully ordinary - and therefore, powerfully real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith psychological depth and a keen sense of human frailty, \u003cb\u003eVenkatachalam Viswanathan\u003c\/b\u003e brings to light the untold truths of those who live silently, yet feel deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever worked hard, loved quietly, or longed for something more, \u003ci\u003eNine Lives\u003c\/i\u003e will stay with you long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Venkatachalam Viswanathan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798287733988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Venkatachalam Viswanathan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169632100607,"sku":"9798287733988","price":10.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nine-lives-venkatachalam-viswanathan-9798287733988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}