The Wait: And Other Stories (From the 2022 Jnanpith Award winner)

Damodar MauzoS Stories Present Us With Vivid Glimpses Of The Richly Diverse, Cosmopolitan Reality Of Contemporary Goa. In These Perceptive, Keenly Observed Stories Hindus, Catholics And Muslims All Find Ways To CoExist, In Defiance Of Bigotry. Amitav Ghosha Cab Driver, Who Assumes The Identity Of Whoever His Clients Want Him To Be, Finds Himself In A Tricky Situation With A Passenger. A LateNight Call Leads A Doctor Down A Path Of Lust And Desire, But With Unexpected Results. A Writer Acquaints Himself With A Thief Who Had Broken Into His House. A Migrant Worker Falls In Love But Wonders How He Can Present Himself As A Suitor. A Young Man, Having Lost The Love Of His Life, Takes It Upon Himself To Resolve Another CoupleS Dilemmas.Konkani Writer Damodar MauzoS Sometimes Bizarre, Sometimes Tender Stories, Set Largely Ingoa, Create A World Far Removed From The Sun And Sand And The Holiday Resorts. Here You Find Villagers Facing Moral Choices, Children Waking Up To The Realities Of Adult Lives, Men Who Dwell On Remorse, Women Who Live A Life Of Regret And Communities Whose Bonds Are Growing Tenuous In An Age Of Religious Polarization. Probing The Deepest Corners Of The Human Psyche With TongueInCheek Humour, MauzoS Stories Reveal The Many Threads That Connect Us To Others And The Ease With Which They Can Be Broken. Written In Simple Prose And Yet Layered In Nuances, The Wait Is A Collection That Brings To The Anglophone World One Of The Doyens Of Konkani Literature.