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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…mehr

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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.
Autorenporträt
Divyank J. writes stories about animals, mountains, and broken people on their journey to healing. He dives into the psyche of his characters while narrating their mundane, everyday human experiences. Growing up as a child in Ogna, a town near Udaipur, he always admired the beauty of nature, a simple lifestyle, and solo traveling, and his writing also reflects this. Some of his stories fortunately found a deserving place in various national and international magazines, journals, and anthologies. Currently, he resides in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India with his family. In 2022 he earned his master's in English literature and started a quarterly literary arts journal, The Hemlock. Apart from writing, he teaches accountancy to young students, draws pencil sketches, spends time with his daughter, and on weekends often goes out on trips with his dog.