The Old Prostitute and Other Stories

Manisha Roy shares her love of writing in this collection of over 20 short stories.

The stories of this collection were written over a span of several decades beginning in 1985 and ending in 2022. A few of them were translated by Manisha Roy from her mother tongue, Bengali. Despite the geographical and other contextual differences, the narrative shifted and at times translated itself as if the author traveled easily between different landscapes—both external and internal.

Short stories include: The Old Prostitute; The Mystery of the Göta Canal; Illegal Immigrant; A Wedding Gift; Returning Home; Looking for My Father; My Mother; The Betel Quid; Stalemate; Madeleine; The Yellow Nursery; Passion; A Day of a Therapist’s Practice; Martinis and Chocolate Mousse; Sherry’s Challenge; Saturday Evening; A Break; The Swimmer of Colombo; The Ideal Partner in the Nineteen-seventies; Spilled Coffee; Hunger Strike; The Wristwatch; and The Wheelchair.