{"product_id":"monsoon-9780857426956","title":"Monsoon","description":"An actor of traditional Hindu dramas meets an adolescent girl who turns out to be his half-sister. A man returns to Goa from Mozambique to father a child for a family whose unmarried daughters has produced no heirs. Another man feels out of place in his family home after returning from Portugal to get a university education, as a woman waits faithfully for him to return. A forbidden romance blooms between a Christian girl and a Hindu boy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through these stories, written with a mix of poignant nostalgia and sharp criticism, Vimala Devi recreates the colonial Goa of her childhood. First published in 1963, two years after the Portuguese colony became part of India, \u003ci\u003eMonsoon\u003c\/i\u003e is a cycle of twelve stories that vary in tone. By turns satirical, desolate, tender, humorous, and dramatic, they come together through a subtle interplay of echoes, parallels and cross-references to form a composite picture of a world gone by. They delve into divisions of caste, religion, language, and material privilege, setting them off against a common historical experience and deeply felt attachment to the land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including a critical and contextualizing introduction by Jason Keith Fernandes, this rendition of \u003ci\u003eMonsoon\u003c\/i\u003e allows contemporary readers a rare peep into a colonial society that was significantly different from the British Indian mainstream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857426956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Vimala Devi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397641207989,"sku":"9780857426956","price":18.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8b7a6c73-715d-42f7-8ee8-d09cf7b40dac.jpg?v=1702391555","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monsoon-9780857426956","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}