{"product_id":"karma-and-other-stories-9780060898823","title":"Karma and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this sparkling collection, award-winning writer Rishi Reddi weaves a multigenerational tapestry of interconnected lives, depicting members of an Indian American community struggling to balance the demands of tradition with the allure of Western life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Lord Krishna,\" a teenager is offended when his evangelical history teacher likens the Hindu deity to Satan, but ultimately forgives the teacher against his father's wishes. In the title story, \"Karma,\" an unemployed professor rescues birds in downtown Boston after his wealthy brother kicks him out of his home. In \"Justice Shiva Ram Murthy,\" which appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2005, an irascible retired judge reconnects with a childhood friend while adjusting to a new life with his daughter and her American husband. In \"Devadasi,\" a beautiful young woman raised in the United States travels back to India and challenges the sexual confines of her culture. And in \"Bangles,\" a widow decides to return to her native village to flee her son's off-putting American ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet mostly in the Boston area, with side trips to an isolated immigrant community in Wichita, Kansas, and the characters' hometown of Hyderabad, India, Karma and Other Stories introduces a luminous new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rishi Reddi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 4.82w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060898823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2007 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReddi, Rishi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRishi Reddi \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the collection \u003cem\u003eKarma and Other Stories, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich received the 2008 L. L. Winship\/PEN New England Award for fiction. Her work appears in \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, has been broadcast on National Public Radio, and was chosen for honorable mention in the Pushcart Prize. She was born in Hyderabad, India, and grew up in Great Britain and the United States. She lives in Cambridge, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110579863667,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7a02efaa-22c7-43eb-9132-f432110c754a.jpg?v=1748980287","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/karma-and-other-stories-9780060898823","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}