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title: "The Curse Stories"
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# The Curse Stories

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Satisfied
  

*by K***I on Reviewed in India on 7 November 2023*

The book is so beautiful and was delivered in such a nice condition I'm so satisfied. Than you Amazon for such a lovely delivery. The print is of supreme quality and pages are fabulous. I'm so glad for this product.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Recommended
  

*by S***K on Reviewed in India on 27 January 2021*

Loved reading this story collection by Salma. The stories are all short rather than long, but hard hitting nonetheless. Salma brings to forefront the experience of being a woman and explores the psyche of her characters through their external behavior. Definitely recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Vibrant Stories that Enthrall
  

*by A***D on Reviewed in India on 26 December 2020*

A month ago, I had zero idea that Salma would become one of my favourite Indian writers. I read and reviewed her new novel, recently out in an English translation done by Meena Kandasamy, only last week. I had liked it a lot but little did I know at that point just how much more she would shine in these brilliant short stories. I was completely enthralled, to say least. I did not expect to love them so much. I am yet to draw up a final best fiction of the year list but this has a very strong chance of appearing on it. If not there, then definitely in the honourable mentions. I have a hard time really liking Indian translated fiction because it tends to be socio-realist and the language is usually simple. While Moustache was an exception I didn't like it for other reasons. Salma's prose maybe straightforward,  but her imagination is unmatched.The Curse was first published in 2012 and is different from this English version. N Kalyan Raman, who has done an absolutely superb job at translation, picked three stories from the original collection and has included five Salma's later stories, making a total of eight in this 'new' collection. He points out her use of a "direct and forceful style" in her fiction and poetry. In my view, it is exactly this that which makes her writing so evocative and effective. I also have to point out the sheer originality in her plots."On the Edge" follows two elderly women who despise each other on a doctor's trip and an uncomfortable car journey. "Trap" is about a woman paralysed with anxiety, afraid of late night visitors with dire messages, and can't sleep. "The Curse" delves into a dark family history manifesting as madness in the women soon after their marriage. "Toilets", delightfully scatological, has a woman recount how access to such a necessary thing was regulated all her life. In "Black Beads and Television", a woman gets drawn in by the lure of TVs with disastrous results. "Childhood" is about a prematurely married woman with kids rethinking her past and the roads not travelled. In "Atonement" past mistakes come in the form of recurring dreams and ghostly visitations. Finally, "The Orbit of Confusion" is structured as a letter from a daughter to her mother that explores the complicated feelings in a familial bond.Salma acutely foregrounds body politics and feminine interiority in her stories. Women are always at the centre, their bodies intertwined in discourse around religion, freedom, desire, pleasure, and shame. She does not shy away from things others might deem indecent and wrong Salma's writing is unconventional and subversive in the way she interrogates social norms and regulations, questions orthodoxy. Her richly realized characters carve out a life for themselves, working within the limits set on them and alwaysstretching their bounds. I am very glad that I managed to read two of her books this year. I will be getting myself a copy of her debut novel as soon as possible & I eagerly await whatever she writes next.

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