This collection of twelve short stories gives a vivid image of an India which is at the same time very authentic and not commonly described. Everyday life in villages or in the cities where people coming from the country have to find their way and meet rebuke and despise. Abdul Bismillah has himself met these peculiar characters and their misfortunes sound genuine and very touching.
The book is bilingual: first the translations in French, then the Hindi texts.
Also available in the same collection:
L'Arc-en-ciel des souvenirs (Sad and pleasant memories) (bilingual Urdu-French).
Six out of the twelve short novels are read in Hindi by Kavita Garg and Harit Joshi and can be downloaded for free here :
01 La chauve-souris - 02 Stratégie - 03 Raf Raf Express - 04 L'actrice - 05 La jeune mariée -
