Small Betrayals

by Shobhaa Dé

17 Stories 17 fierce, honest, moving portraits of women Shobhaa Dé unfolds the betrayals and intimacies, the needs and regrets, the secrets that sustain relationships and the ones that threaten to destroy it. In this book, you will be confronted with vaguely familiar scents and images that draw us deeper into a world filled with eccentricities, darkness, love and sorrows - a world that strangely mirrors our own. With lyrical precision and suspenseful storytelling, this volume is rich with contemporary characters that wonderfully integrate different emotions, newly analyzed, examined and experienced. Part dystopian, part dreamy, part romance, part drama, Shobhaa Dé manages to bring forward a remarkable account of the power of possibility and a woman's sense of self. A great read that will force you to question and accept your own society, attitude, purpose and life

Genres: India

214 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Shobha Rajadhyaksha known as Shobhaa Dé is an Indian columnist and novelist. She graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai with a degree in psychology. After making her name as a model, she began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three magazines – Stardust, Society, and Celebrity.
In the 1980s, she contributed to the Sunday magazine section of the Times of India. In her columns, she used to explore the socialite life in Bombay lifestyles of the celebrities. At present, she is a freelance writer and columnist for several newspapers and magazines.
De is married to Dilip De, her second husband and they have six children from their first marriages. She lives in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.

Reviews

[Aathira Jim · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a Shobha De book that I picked up after years. It reminded me why I stopped reading her in the first place. Forgettable stories and shallow characters. Meh.

[George Abraham · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short stories that wasn't interesting to read

[Akarsh Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know how I got this book.
Passed on inherited stuff? Or some luggage exchange in some airport some 20 years back.

Point is I have this book. & that too from the past 20 years.
Some stories are good, some shallow.

[Michelle D’costa · Rating 5 out of 5]

refreshing indian fiction...meant fr married coupls..but beneficial fr all curios readers...a must read

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