Electric Dust and Other Truths

Name: Electric Dust and Other Truths
Brand: Fazal Abubakkar Esaf
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By Esaf, Fazal Abubakkar

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This collection began not with an idea, but with a noise.The clanging of steel cups at a roadside stall. The yawn of a bus braking too hard. The furious whisper of a politician's denial. The deadpan bark of a watchman who speaks five languages and is invisible in all of them.These stories were written in the cracks - between headlines and footnotes, in auto rickshaws and overheard conversations, and in the spaces where people are seen but not always noticed.They do not seek to represent India in its totality (what madman would?). Instead, they shine a light - sometimes mocking, sometimes melancholic - on the absurdities, resilience, ambition, and quiet defiance found in its shadows.There's satire here, yes, but it's satire that hurts because it's too close. Humor that laughs while standing knee-deep in floodwater. Characters who are fictional, but whose situations have been lived a thousand times before by real people with real stakes.If you've ever bribed someone to fix a leak faster, if you've been promised power "within 24 hours," if you've laughed at your own despair - then this is for you.Fazal Abubakkar EsafAugust 2025

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 120
Release Date:: 2025-08-21
Publication Date:: 2025-08-21
Publisher:: Fazal Abubakkar Esaf
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN13:: 9798231152896
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 162 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 7 cm

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