{"product_id":"life-and-times-of-mr-s-paperback","title":"Life and Times of MR S - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivek Naryanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife and Times of Mr S' worked for me like magic. It unsettled my notion of what was real, what possible, and resettled that notion in a strange luminous place. Narayanan uses what he sees as singular illusions - class, caste, family, for example - to conjure a pluriverse\" of his own, crowded with multiple, often polymorphous identities that, by their very nature, could be illusions too. This recalls the work (and play) of magician-acrobats and Narayanan is one of them. Questioning the very nature of reality and the possibility of finding true answers, he pushes at limits, walking a dangerous tightrope. I am dazzled by his dexterity.'-Adil Jussawalla 'This unique and captivating book takes the experiments of G.V. Desani as a starting point and composes a chronicle of living language enacted around the person of Mr S. Lyric and narrative, parodic and reflective, Vivek Narayanan gives us a work of \"woof-confidence\" rich with mini-disquisitions on desire, guilt, food, caste, malls, etc. It jiggles the hearticles, slugs back the memory jug, and palavers with a laptop. Often on the heels of a round of elaborate, ebullient passages, the reader is brought to a complete stop: \"Only in mind's stillness shall the wood apple appear.\" 'Life and Times of Mr's is a brilliant homage to an ever-morphing language and land.' -C.D. Wright \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777291256096,"sku":"9789350294093","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69ebe79d4735ef535914a3d935bae517.webp?v=1780496492","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/life-and-times-of-mr-s-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}