Publisher |
Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Publication Year |
2016 |
ISBN-13 |
9780143330073 |
ISBN-10 |
9780143330073 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
224 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
How do you stop yourself from being blown away all the way to China?
How do you get top-notch services out of snooty Turkish bath attendants?
Why do camels not have wings?
As thirteen-year-old Shashank the Sad pores over his math homework, a little doodle appears and Mulla Nasruddin—MN to his friends—comes alive! MN’s never-ending stream of stories enthrals Shashank but make him wonder if his new friend is completely crazy. Then one day, Shashank finds himself trapped in a magic grid. Is there a connection between MN’s madcap stories and Shashank’s way out of the grid? Taking the much-loved tales of Mulla Nasruddin into a young boy’s richly imaginative world, Sampurna Chattarji’s retelling is one that will entertain and move both adults and children alike.
Sampurna Chattarji
Sampurna Chattarji's sixteen books include a short-story collection about Bombay/Mumbai, Dirty Love; a translation of Joy Goswami's Selected Poems; and seven poetry titles, the most recent being Elsewhere Where Else / Lle Arall Ble Arall, co-authored with Eurig Salisbury; and Over and Under Ground in Mumbai & Paris, written in collaboration with Karthika Nair. She is currently Poetry Editor of The Indian Quarterly.
Sampurna Chattarji
Penguin Random House India Private Limited