Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Once It Flowers
Once It Flowers
Once It Flowers
Ebook315 pages4 hours

Once It Flowers

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook


A thunderstorm blows the roof off a village school. Guruji, the school teacher, who lives in the school building with his family, is forced to seek shelter in an abandoned police station. The schoolhouse opens to the sky, and along with it, this intensely poetic novel opens up to the inner world of a dozen characters: Guruji, his wife, their two children, the village watchman, the tailor, the teashop owner at the railway station and the stationmaster. There is also the worldly-wise grocer, Jivrakhan, and his wife, who listens to the radio because nothing else will fill the emptiness in her life. A dreamlike novel that is an extraordinary evocation of modern India.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2014
ISBN9789350297209
Once It Flowers
Author

Vinod Kumar Shukla

VINOD KUMAR SHUKLA is a poet and novelist from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. In 1999, Shukla received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, Deewar Mein Ek Khidki Rehti Thi. In 2023, he was awarded the PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.    

Read more from Vinod Kumar Shukla

Related to Once It Flowers

Related ebooks

General Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Once It Flowers

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Once It Flowers - Vinod Kumar Shukla

    Labook_preview_excerpt.html\ێƑ~@M & $_4cX5 1U$J]*=3v_qND&>,`Xd^zƯӜpkh_/s#y膻9y0OMq6.ǹCN s3˫rf7]:Oݽf6c9K%ڧN%7GuI΁,3bsLеaL ksf?L8-_f -cN?~tIhI'a7<4Gyb|.F\H!XgWMkBUaAY) 1wO/Wa)cȷ)sMp,{.nx-״n1D{wθtwMšЍ )yk^yVˍ\3(8.S45 D?ͲH3۴}%ڸ`:]cds| ia7! j˜=N(\tmX.x."|^*gQXGr.xL5X9d`B7cjθ_cI|:620ewNrs|j~NtU$SZ?szFfhn2y(MNCM/tyBvw{/Ǜؖ;B6le[\:VsNAAf%03 wU{wI"+pёZnVce`QD.{nb(>FžxVz| yr@Siݝ֬Ŧyil'*UVNDbIDwg?s] hI0vet$NnN攂WCKݾ7^ IաQژŅCG/G:qu7Aa0mqZe6~L7w7_$B{G˼Gk?:XS%j(bEL$\DmZ'k@e͇_"tM~Ȭn9E(BXF \ξyؼ&D 8/c${ 2tJE@c<؜%O~49ž<$L׺Ih-Py @QNՃce=y /9I!.0xTb%$ "6q+wϜ+7>Sp'/4 ! =Xvz )vyM/&7E.m Sx7mNy5 r QBf^FB] MW&>P+4SXHx5ҵP. @YV!_XQ̝!0u 6zj"֧ n >^J؁ MMJq)"u >sz9vp. N9r!g*b/N_"uP ?(RJ/P P(\ b-.e>G(l3BX:;U}US,џ9tM%ՋC>nhq=xAJpq 89kŃ vPI8E/s0_vgȜhZ$[ %WlbppvRl2hE|na5d"PnakrtR wF@"b^b΋S?{ ^++$03ъCZ[]V@[ʝA3 WE492-W!e!?5?P3"\I0S3 Z40 K((yƿ!!*\[Ҁj`~/#]HQ27&1:V^K,|j^,#3r'jP>Ķe'i!h%?5wWκly5q61T VqhPynn7A)0T >T=6AH7 hyq^jҪl^A~'B%Cԛ^9%uL6m '\*I.͉U~GZ7pwjƴJ~\oE@zb ^<>. ;1i9lHxp _q!Z+r4@ݬ$vRɿWm{Q R%nhF")e^@)};=e3x'{FEnb ևCA*-c(ZpG9veWˌzBbCلWyZscB>5oFV% ϲz)SgLx)q-5@4+Akk *o`T; (#t)=y@Ghi]J0:eǪ 0-L~McH-%E} #f*\ sl`hYLПU1NQRX|Uwj=V] 䒉3t1%Z}P|+0bc0-zFLIᢲG^ؾX"|X]Ynknkif'{ᧄ^CCcH7,c U᳖h!&Ӵm@q*<exPdcWብns%o.ǛN@g8b Τ)ADi@ݏH0]~6Ѐ^ίX OH蝐I7Ff,D ꀢߩ_2U(UT"E= r!|9 on. J]X i{+E*rb9sHu_cZuKKj(;Ƅu`PDR,l8ez?N>KVVLzUݡ:Fe{Q7ޔ]MSt&JnQCsFOP-BgpBL90})kIMz/T.:ċWr MSj9*: + s4ݵE7W9A nkqڥY9Bro-3D /U Y.q\Kǫ8ElAaC|ĆzU[?@m٥-Ѡ$|PU\Gf*"٭XB^#G9LgN ߾uOѻMguɦh5-[_BҡǕdЬPg&SЬz綘gH+ߜ7|myr˓7}&6S< pA}]g1ʎ\V9P>L˵j˯qP5=)Ɨ`U\5@iJ#fJt]*]jUЌ;]EUF]q;‘uM7P6hAjZf .1-|W_ijm@9؜FUK!hL-޹w9K#[Mފ/ 7 ,$޻gW:R?=q)Cg^,f݈gIO {jӼ ^$KH$-~# !h!:iޝx G45T]Ȝ[A3G1T@;u2He FVk^s`領g\4))ō} {VH愰]XgA q[ ȑAםrA<d4g;g3kvϵ!?1w]Cm&'[E N6j6C8d? 1 ![m-X*BX8fkBŐ⡡<+OXI-򈥑7c V /8G*+-&J[g2dVM4O6qf ePx]lIВ5Z)Zɯ:O2At$3"SIl/3(<[R$YT1pcX9{ŨZF??_4kAijC_Hb ں*7Ӣ*(*B:D3&sF,4#1Rl8E@;>ཷo,mpE/4@_wKb<ݧ<0Dg f`IM+T=;:a]뽼W&MX0ӒtbW©ShZ48,wA!%UeAch>`|Q )qW)*^{[.ifbݡSP|d@bk|5QZ1+jY'7GƙP5!~']WQt$8òrtm>I@\H~}Ż_펭Ճy~Oz*i,)QAC MD[?sy·B8D_t{>9o_fBk]&9vZsYm<9[w&,jA+ihwl)nV,OlnB2/RLisK(׶8Ŕ9X]۔[ ؚ'Va;OZϓ 0muwFڶ [uևjh5C ,N咮DYZ.ɎܦxOÄ@\R@ea-R v΃1;ݾ/,c~ yDz,َ@ LW}Pt@*>/M`( qUPh٧_[`VIW[O{#5NpC43yLls}dXӳ; B"N“;zQ?L2fƺu̫ 561_8"4h~ c[duܐh+˨xSG}fr_O{7dYMY3C;Qғ*v fU"5xEA=W=o }*y+\;@B_֕¹zND/ ,< ~֣ 1YQd6G,LZ8 ^D.ZNskT!`Gr PgmbW:`q/oT/+<IϪsABC$(Ūy*3hј^m,Eڈbw9v,~ʐϻƇQ/K8hY("8I:dޯU6L'+Ŷ6ɝ՛{S%YP'u嶺u֔#0#d"omtP{GR׳;)6ɖm)6Y,Ӽ3d|\&?jjm^KvMd:Uz.[%,쇥p`(ʊu7[O2Q Ė6}3RsLHi9|N-2}#Is"'#NZE Di3'n Ϋnl#)0S\F 9"8/dWjY%X\(h*Oya 36]kb[:rmqX3κ.6k% <qCm dF*m;zQzoY} Z8?X(3AW望=;5||\juu+Zl[5 $EHd̫ r |g-\f{IcB6@%E~W>l;{߱҈e,]A]\mسMb]JRnkwr~ĤqGLل^M12KaU-ǿ\Jɒs Kq6_Om.a{:W>-2M6wPY1ؾ[KHӃe,sH|)"+ñK=\6\#LFFMihof\#iA?axbrEo}w`y^r/o/7]
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1