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Author: Kaizad Gustad
Publisher: Om Books International
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9384625523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unknown man in an unnamed city stands precariously on the ledge of the terrace of his building on the night of the fes val of lights. He is ready to jump. He looks down. Hundreds, maybe thousands, have gathered to watch. Will he do it? At the edge of sanity and magic realism lies a contemporary urban fable about a reluctant Messiah and the wildly dangerous love of his life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kaizad Gustad is an author, a filmmaker, traveller, and a photographer. Born in Bombay, he grew up in a village in India where the open-air family cinema was his first classroom. He finished school in Australia and studied lm at NYU Tisch School of the Arts in New York. He has written and directed more than 20 short films and four feature films. He has authored Of No Fixed Address, a collec on of short stories, and The Road to Mandalay, a pictorial on his assorted travels. TALKING POINTS - First work of fiction by noted film director and author, Kaizad Gustad - Takes up urban alienation and dehumanisation - Upholds the importance of kindness and goodness in a soulless world - A story with universal appeal