她是谁？ 她要去哪里？她为什么回来？

1945年，二十岁的希夫（Shiv）因为沉浸在失去同卵双胞胎兄弟的悲痛中撤退到了北方邦的一个小镇。他正准备跳上火车轨道，因为看见一个女人，他没跳。

尚蒂的丈夫是一名在缅甸失踪的战斗机飞行员。在过去的三年中，她走遍了缅甸去寻找他。 她每去一家军医院，都会听到一个新的故事，每当她穿过Leharia时，她都会给Shiv讲一个故事。钱德拉通过故事中的故事讲述了一个关于迷失故事，两个受伤的人正在成为新的自己。

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.

Who was she? Where was she going? Why did she return?

It is 1945, and twenty-year-

old Shiv, grieving his identical twin brother, retreats to a small town in Uttar Pradesh. He is preparing to jump onto the train tracks when he is stopped by the sight of a woman.

Shanti's husband is a fighter pilot missing in Burma. For the past three years she has travelled the country in search of him. In every military hospital she visits she hears a new story, and every time she passes through Leharia she tells one to Shiv. Through stories within stories Chandra tells a spiralling tale of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.

Borrowing a structure from the Mahabharata, Vikram Chandra tells a spiralling story of loss, and of two wounded people becoming something new.

Bringing together past, present and future in our ninetieth year, Faber Stories is a celebratory compendium of collectable work.