THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE

The stories in this book take you through the different worlds inhabited by their characters and coloured by their destinies. While 'Sobs from the Attic results in the complete surrender of the woman to her helpless situation, 'Tashee' culminates in the supreme grit and determination of the character of a woman who puts her everything on stake to protect her honour in an alien land, under unprecedented circumstances. The worldliness of 'The Deal' is contested by the other worldliness of 'The Golden Staircase. The stories cover a wide range of human emotions and situations, from the fickle minded protagonists and the lighthearted environment in 'Gado' and 'In Love, That Year' to the sombre and macabre darkness in 'The Ghostman of Annandale' and 'Morgan Lane'. The texture of the prose is woven into the reality of human existence in a way that sinks the reader into its vastness with every next page.