In Search of the Lambs: And Other Stories - E-book - ePub

Characters searching for love, hope, and peace. Ten stories of searing beauty and deep emotion. A fresh-faced soldier clears a village near the Indian-Pakistani border. But when an old Imam's sheep ignore the human-drawn boundaries, will he learn to see the world as the lambs do? A husband takes his wife to the train station to visit her sister. Their dog's separation anxiety could be the defining moment of their marriage. When nine-year-old Divya accompanies her father to pour her mother's ashes into the sacred river at the foot of the Himalayas, she expects to play in the waters.
But when she sees what the ritual has wrought, she wonders if they should have come at all. In these and seven other compelling tales, Divyank J. weaves a literary spell of ordinary people facing extraordinary revelations. Set in his native India and exploring themes of isolation and loneliness, he offers a profound reflection into the human condition and poses questions about our assumptions. Will a suicidal boxer find a reason to live? Can a migrant father get his son to safety during the COVID-19 crisis? In Search of the Lambs is a mesmerizing anthology of ten literary short stories.
If you like fiction with thought-provoking insights, uncomfortable truths, and characters facing critical decisions, then you'll love Divyank J.'s captivating collection. Buy In Search of the Lambs to delve into humanity today! (This book is approximately 29, 000 words, 110 pages long.) The stories in this collection, In Search of the Lambs, give the Western reader a glimpse into an Eastern world not often seen.
Since we are all together on one globe, we need to know each other more, our perspectives and hopes and dreams. These stories are the hopes and dreams of others. Reading them will be enlightening. The world is bigger, and yet more similar, then we often realize. These stories will take you there. Be prepared to be amazed.  --- Duane L. Herrmann, internationally published, award-winning historian and poet; author of eight volumes of poetry, a sci-fi novel, and other work published in print and online in several languages.