Books like Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra
In "Love and Longing in Bombay", Vikram Chandra weaves five distinct tales around a single narrator—a furtive civil servant who gathers listeners in a bustling Bombay bar. The stories span genres: a romance of forbidden love between feuding families, a haunting where a soldier must confront a spectral child, a mystery that uncovers deep carnality and betrayal, and more. Through elegant prose and tightly controlled narrative, Chandra paints a vivid portrait of Bombay’s ghosts, passions, and feuds while probing timeless questions of the human spirit.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Vikram Chandra
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