Ideally speaking one should be compelled to buy this book after reading names like Saadat Hasan Manto, Premchand, Nabendu Ghosh, Ismat Chughtai (to name a few) attached with it. Book contains 21 stories written in 12 different languages which have been translated to English by yet another panel of distinguished translators.

All the stories revolve around prostitution, the inequalities the prostituted women experience. But not all stories leave you sad, some give you hope while some teach you...

The book ‘River of Flesh and Other Stories - The Prostituted Woman Indian Short Fiction’ by Ruchira Gupta is a collection of twenty one short stories which mainly have the theme as that of the main protagonist play prostitute or that of prostitution influencing the occurrence of events in the story. The book boasts of stories from renowned story writers including Premchand, Puthumaippithan, Subodh Ghosh, Niranjana and more. Putting together an anthology with twenty-one stories with great writ...

'River of Flesh and Other Stories' is an extremely brilliant read. Consisting of short stories from various literary gems and across various languages, this book is truly a treat for the mind. The topic of the book is intense and is presented beautifully and Ruchira Gupta’s introduction to the book does a very good job of capturing your attention to the focus of this anthology. This is a book worth having in your personal collection!

As I start reading the novel, I go through the preface. I know there and then that this book is going to be a hard hitting one. And so with each story I read, I simply grope on to the next one, wanting to discover one more aspect of prostitution in India.

Women have NEVER been treated with the desired respect in our country, be it currently or centuries ago. They have been mistreated, abused physically as well as mentally, manhandled, neglected, underestimated and most importantly taken for ...

Past week I read a column in TOI about Ruchira Gupta and her latest anthology. At book launch of “River of Flesh and Other Stories” she engulfed all the emotions, her years and years of work experience in just one line “Prostitution is not about choice. It’s lack of choice.”
Frankly speaking I have never read anything like this before, even I was aware of this term Prostitute and human trafficking. When so called developed people feel evil while pronouncing this word only… It stirred my soul...

Very good

I'm happy to get this book for Rs.270 with free delivery. But it had slight damages in its cover!!! Those who expecting new one will think about it!!! But I bought this book for its content!!! Thank you!!!

Here it is a collection of short stories. And also it is a book for matured people so it's not for childrens. I liked the book though I'm not a short story person type but this book will make you more kind than you are. so give it a try.

Nice heartwarming
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The River of Flesh and other Stories, is an anthology of twenty one short stories edited by Ruchira Gupta. What is unique about this collection is the diversity in terms of the stories and the different languages they are written in. Though the anthology borrows its title from Kamleshwar’s short story of the same name, stories from as many as twelve languages and authors as diverse as Premchand, Manto, Bibhutibhusan contribute their individual tales of the prostituted woman and it is this tha...