Onam in a Nightie: Stories from a Kerala Quarantine

By Anjana Menon

In India's tropical paradise, stands a town wrapped around a giant roundabout, where a canny caretaker with a French connection holds sway. Vying for his attention are two competing neighbours. Appu holds lessons for the living but Maya cares only for the dead. And a gastronome dog plays ball girl to tennis-loving nuns.

At the centre is an imposing temple so ancient that no one knows exactly when it was built. Here, even a tiny railway station has set its own rules for acceptance and belonging. On the other side of the tracks, a baker runs errands for total strangers in the middle of a pandemic.

Malgudi Days meets reality in the search for joy and belonging in a book that is alternatively heartwarming and hilarious. Anjana Menon takes you to a place that you wish stays that way forever, in these true stories of hope and resilience from a midway Kerala town.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 935489304X
• ISBN13: 9789354893049
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.5"