Passion Flower: Seven Stories of Derangement

Award-winning author Cyrus Mistry's first collection of short stories is dark, mysterious and inhabited by characters that walk a thinine between fantasy and reality. A serendipitous discovery on the floor of aocal bus transforms the melancholicife of Percy, who meets a ghost in the washroom of a publicibrary, a new mother struggling with depression and the urge to end her newborn'sife opens the door to a stranger, stalked by mysterious men, Jacintha believes her enemies are out to eliminate her because she knows too much, on New Year's Eve, an aged couple clashes, replaying an annual ritual that shrouds the unacknowledged secret buried between them twenty-three years ago, two childhood friends, now co-workers at an advertising agency, indulge in a never-ending display of one-upmanship, false camaraderie and intense, unspoken resentment, Bokha tries to counter the powerful black magic of his wicked old mother in order to shield his helplessover, and Mahendroo, full of himself, is consumed by his obsessive search for an elusive species of Passiflora. Original and disturbing, Passion Flower is another triumph from one of the country's most gifted storytellers. Key Features: Cyrus Mistry is the author of Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer which won this year's DSC Prize for South Asianiterature, one of the subcontinent's most prestigiousiterary prizes. This is the author's first collection of short stories and it is sure to get aot of attention in the media. The stories are unique and some of them offer a rare glimpse into theife of Bombay Parsees, something Cyrus is adept at writing about.