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The House Of Cobwebs And Other Stories
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ISBN10: 9376801849
ISBN13: 9789376801848
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789376801848
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The house of cobwebs and other stories presents a collection of reflective narratives focused on emotional restraint social pressure and quiet personal struggle. The stories examine everyday lives shaped by limited opportunity financial insecurity and unfulfilled ambition within urban and domestic spaces. Attention is given to inner conflict where sensitivity and moral awareness clash with social expectation and economic necessity. Ordinary interactions reveal isolation disappointment and the slow erosion of hope caused by rigid class boundaries and unspoken conventions. The writing emphasizes subtle observation rather than dramatic action allowing small gestures silences and missed chances to carry emotional weight. Social environments often appear indifferent reinforcing feelings of stagnation and disconnection. Across the collection personal dissatisfaction becomes a lens through which broader social imbalance is revealed. The narratives collectively explore endurance resignation and the cost of emotional honesty in a world governed by practicality and restraint creating a unified portrait of quiet realism and psychological depth.
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