{"product_id":"the-way-home-stories-2","title":"The Way Home - Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shanta Gokhale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 25-09-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Shanta Gokhale, award-winning writer, critic and translator, brings her sharp understanding of the human condition to this collection of her finest short fiction. Humorous, tragic, wise and honest, these stories will move the reader deeply. In the title story, an elderly man navigates his final days with his wife as she sinks deeper and deeper into forgetfulness, fading away with each day. With his love and his gentleness, he holds her close, recalling the early days of their relationship—of finding love for a lifetime. In ‘The Swimming Pool’, two women strike up a conversation on the Mumbai-Pune bus and in the minutiae of the story of one woman’s life, the other finds a way to move forward with hers. ‘Daybreak Over the Gandaki’ is a powerful examination of grief, and the torturous path to expiation. While ‘The Bhikbali’ is a charming tale of a couple finally finding the time and space in their tiny Mumbai room during the Covid lockdown to explore some generational anecdotes—and each other, ‘She Came to Stay’ is a delightful story of contemporary love and the creation of a modern composite family. A deep knowledge of, and a sympathy for the lives of ordinary women and men permeate every word of these stories. In each of them, Shanta Gokhale unpeels the layers till she reaches the very core of what makes us human— flawed, brave, foolish, brilliant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363361386\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230387306800,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9789363361386","price":375.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/61PGnPHAIYL_2925cb57-0daf-40e1-b081-dfde18a74669.jpg?v=1774760290","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-way-home-stories-2","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}