Waiting for Renee

Author: Paramita Ghosh
Pages: 70
Price: HB Rs 150, FB Rs 100
Year of Publication: 2008
ISBN:
HB 978-81-8157-770-2 (9788181577702)
FB 978-81-8157-771-9 (9788181577719)

About the Author:
Paramita Ghosh is a senior assistant editor with Hindustan Times. She was born in Calcutta and now lives in Delhi. Her first stories were published in the literary journal New Quest. Waiting for Renee, written when she was 30, is her first book.

Teaser:
This book is a collection about cities, fleeting urban experiences and how stories and story telling form the single center amid all the flux. Stories as ‘language traps’ is another dominant theme.

Contents:
The Story of Renee / 11
Code Red / 13
The Run / 16
The Last / 22
The Kites / 24
A Ghost Story / 31
Laces / 35
The Flood / 43
Window to Macondo / 47
Ten Good Lines / 49
By Going to the Movies / 54
The Bookworm / 62