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THE GRANDMASTER'S TEACHER ...and other short stories

THE GRANDMASTER'S TEACHER ...and other short stories

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN13: 9798173987136
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 13 2026
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some stories entertain us. Others quietly alter the way we see the people around us. The Grandmaster's Teacher and Other Short Stories belongs to the latter kind. Across twelve stories set in Bangkok, London, Marrakech, the English countryside, Buenos Aires, Shikoku, Chennai, Vienna, Bruges, Naples, an Aegean island, and South Korea, Pranav Pandya explores the hidden architecture of human lives-the kindness nobody applauded, the sacrifice nobody understood, the love that remained unnamed, the promise that outlived the moment in which it was made, and the truth that arrives years too late to leave everything unchanged. These are stories built around revelation, but their deepest surprises are emotional: the discovery that an apparently ordinary life may have touched another in ways neither person could possibly have foreseen.

Created as a special illustrated edition, the collection is enriched by twelve bespoke visual plates, with one conceived and created specifically for each of the twelve stories. Each is more than an illustration: it is a carefully imagined visual doorway into the setting, atmosphere, characters, and emotional world of the story it accompanies, giving every tale its own distinctive visual identity while leaving its secrets for the prose to reveal. The result is a book designed not simply to be read, but to be experienced and returned to-a journey across cultures and generations that ultimately leads somewhere intimately familiar. If you have ever wondered whether a forgotten kindness can survive, whether love can exist without being named, or whether something you once gave away may still be traveling through another person's life, The Grandmaster's Teacher and Other Short Stories was written for you.

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