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100			_aMauzo, Damodar _929037
245			_aTeresa's man and other stories from Goa / _cDamodar Mauzo ; translated by Xavier Cota
260			_aNew Delhi : _bRupa Publication, _c2014.
300			_a200p.
520			_aPeter wheels his bicycle out. Mounting it, he puts one foot on the pedal, the other on the threshold, and waits for Teresa. This was how he used to wait for her at the station two years ago. He used to be in love with her then… Sahitya Akademi-awardee Damodar Mauzo is one of the most prominent, prolific and feted figures in contemporary Konkani literature. His writing spans an enormous range, straddling both urban and rural geographies, and runs the gamut of human emotion—the paralyzing helplessness of the small farmer in the face of implacable nature; the eternal ebbs and flows of the man-woman relationship; and the many humiliations, small and large, of raising a differently abled child. In the title story, an ineffectual husband finally reaches his boiling point; ‘Coinsanv’s Cattle’ is a heart-breaking depiction of how a farmer couple must make the impossible choice—send their beloved animals to slaughter or face starvation; and, in the quietly humorous ‘A Writer’s Tale’, a senior author becomes the unwitting subject of a woman’s fiction. Compiled with care, and smoothly, felicitously translated by Xavier Cota, Teresa’s Man and Other Stories from Goa brings to readers tales which are as compellingly local in their flavour as they are universal in the ideas and emotions they evoke. This volume is a must-read.
650		4	_aKonkani fiction _929033
650		4	_aShort stories, Konkani _929032
650		4	_aGoa (India) _xFiction _929034
650		4	_aGoa (India) _xSocial life and customs _xFiction _929035
650		4	_aGoa (India) _xSocial conditions _xFiction _929036
650		4	_aRural conditions _xIndia _xFiction _929039
650		4	_aPoverty _xIndia _xFiction _929040
650		4	_aInterpersonal relations _xFiction _926127
650		4	_aWomen _xSocial conditions _xIndia _xFiction _929041
650		4	_aPeople with disabilities _xIndia _xFiction _929042
700			_aCota, Xavier _929038
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