Swimmers Among The Stars: Stories
Tharoor assembles a collection brimming with imaginative scenarios: a conversation with someone who speaks a language no one else does; seven pivotal hours before a settlement vanishes under military assault; a pachyderm's peculiar journey across continents towards a royal court; a mysteriously gifted culinary artisan whose signature ingredient happens to be gemstones; space-stranded officials circling Earth with nowhere to go. What emerges is the work of a writer steeped in storytelling traditions stretching back centuries. His influences span from ancient Sanskrit epics to twentieth-century innovators like Borges and Carter, yet his voice remains distinctly his own. The narratives pulse with unexpected turns. Sentences dance between the intimate and the grandiose. He conjures worlds where the impossible feels inevitable, where loss carries weight, and where ordinary moments shimmer with strangeness. Each piece demonstrates genuine command of form and tone. This isn't polished prose for its own sake; instead, you'll find ideas that provoke, characters who intrigue, and scenarios that refuse easy answers. Tharoor announces himself as a writer worth following, someone unafraid to venture into territory most authors sidestep.
- Author: Kanishk Tharoor
- Publisher: Aleph Book Company
- Genre: Cooking & Culinary Arts
- ISBN: 978-8196906115
- Pages: 200 pages