{"product_id":"open-season-stories-9781774151556","title":"Open Season: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn sparkling, clear prose, understated yet unflinching, \u003ci\u003eOpen Season\u003c\/i\u003e probes deep into the fissures of caste, class, religion, and gender in our world. Located mostly in India and Canada, the stories describe a world of global flows where a woman returns to India after her two daughters are killed in a school shooting in the US; in the title story a Muslim young man is lynched in an Indian town on the false charges that his fridge contains beef; \"Light as a Butterfly\" draws our attention to the ongoing degradation of the environment; in \"All Cut Up,\" set in a suburb of Toronto, seven-year-old Zoya is heroically protected by her mother Zarina from her community's demand that she be circumcised. The stories speak of a world familiar and yet all too elusive, of a gentler, mellower, more hopeful time; they explore the charms and constraints of life in a small town and question assumptions and beliefs and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774151556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Shaukat Ajmeri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331880640693,"sku":"9781774151556","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4984118f-863b-46c3-ade6-37654ca24363.jpg?v=1745938374","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/open-season-stories-9781774151556","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}