{"product_id":"open-season-shaukat-ajmeri-9781774151556","title":"Open Season: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn sparkling, clear prose, understated yet unflinching, \u003ci\u003eOpen Season\u003c\/i\u003e probes deep into the fissures of caste, class, religion, and gender in our world. Located mostly in India and Canada, the stories describe a world of global flows where a woman returns to India after her two daughters are killed in a school shooting in the US; in the title story a Muslim young man is lynched in an Indian town on the false charges that his fridge contains beef; \"Light as a Butterfly\" draws our attention to the ongoing degradation of the environment; in \"All Cut Up,\" set in a suburb of Toronto, seven-year-old Zoya is heroically protected by her mother Zarina from her community's demand that she be circumcised. The stories speak of a world familiar and yet all too elusive, of a gentler, mellower, more hopeful time; they explore the charms and constraints of life in a small town and question assumptions and beliefs and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shaukat Ajmeri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774151553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774151556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Shaukat Ajmeri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807085482239,"sku":"9781774151556","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19e400cb-f360-44ef-9ab7-db2dd9214d6b.jpg?v=1745378514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-season-shaukat-ajmeri-9781774151556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}