Sign-In
Cart
The Republic of Rain and Reverie: Tales from the Borderlands of Memory and Myth
Paperback
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN13: 9798289180568
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 22 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 22 2025
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
To Enter This Republic, You Must First Forget the Map
This book was not written-it wandered into being. It arrived like a monsoon in exile, dripping stories from its wet hems and whispering names too long lost to alphabet or anthem. It asked no permission. It climbed in through the window at midnight, dragging a suitcase of contradictions, a train ticket from Partition's station, and a half-eaten mango still wet with dream.' This is not a republic with borders. No visas. No checkpoints. It is a shifting country of fable and fire, built on the fault lines of memory, and governed by the ghosts of storytellers who never learned how to die. The citizens of this land include a Fakir with a plastic radio tuned to God's laughter, a woman who mistook rainfall for revolt, and a peacock who forgot how to dance after the world taught him mirrors.
This book was not written-it wandered into being. It arrived like a monsoon in exile, dripping stories from its wet hems and whispering names too long lost to alphabet or anthem. It asked no permission. It climbed in through the window at midnight, dragging a suitcase of contradictions, a train ticket from Partition's station, and a half-eaten mango still wet with dream.' This is not a republic with borders. No visas. No checkpoints. It is a shifting country of fable and fire, built on the fault lines of memory, and governed by the ghosts of storytellers who never learned how to die. The citizens of this land include a Fakir with a plastic radio tuned to God's laughter, a woman who mistook rainfall for revolt, and a peacock who forgot how to dance after the world taught him mirrors.
They are mythic, yes-but not imaginary. Their truths, like the best truths, prefer to wear masks, to wink beneath layers of metaphor and mischief. Reader, I have tried not to control them. I merely held the pen while they wrote themselves.
Welcome to the Republic of Rain and Reverie.
Long may it drizzle.
Welcome to the Republic of Rain and Reverie.
Long may it drizzle.
Also from
Esaf, Fazal
Kathakal from the Land of Coconuts: Heartfelt Stories of Life in a Kerala Village
Esaf, Fazal
Paperback
$13.20
Pazhaniyur Diaries - Where Every Story Lives On: Unforgotten Stories of Tamil Nadu
Esaf, Fazal
Paperback
$12.00
When the Lamp Went Out: Whispers, Curses, and Spirits from the Haunted Heart of India
Esaf, Fazal
Paperback
$19.20
Bazaar of the Forgotten: Tales from a Land That Remembers More Than It Forgives
Esaf, Fazal
Paperback
$15.60
Unmasking Hate - Poetry Against Islamophobia: A Powerful Response to Prejudice and Fear
Esaf, Fazal
Paperback
$12.00
Also in
Humor
I Can't Believe I Did That: The Game That Gives You Points for Sharing Awkward, Awesome, and Unforgettable Memories: Card Games
Nadelberg, David
Katcher, Neil
Other
$20.00
The Science Magpie: Fascinating Facts, Stories, Poems, Diagrams and Jokes Plucked from Science
Flynn, Simon
Paperback
From $9.99
Fixing Flamingos: And Other Solutions to the World's Least Pressing Problems
Rea, Brian
Brown, Lucienne
Paperback
$18.95
How to Be a Cat: (Cat Books for Kids, Cat Gifts for Kids, Cat Picture Book)
Swerling, Lisa
Lazar, Ralph
Hardcover
$4.99
The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
Chapo Trap House
Hardcover
$11.99
Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers: A Little Book of Whimsy and Wisdom from the Files of the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
Hardcover
$9.99
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Lawson, Jenny
Hardcover
From $19.99
Wtf America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy
Meiselas, Jordy
Meiselas, Ben
Meiselas, Brett
Hardcover
$30.88
Big Fan: Two Friends, 82,490 Miles, and the Wild, Wonderful Sports We Love
Posnanski, Joe
Schur, Michael
Hardcover
$31.50
Bake It Off: An Unofficial Taylor Swift-Inspired Cookbook for Every Era, from Breakfast to Midnights
Smith, Lindsey
Hardcover
From $12.99
Pardon My Book: Ten Years of the Best (and Worst) in Sports from Pardon My Take
Commenter, Pft
Big Cat
Hardcover
$33.25
How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up: Big Lessons from Little Kids
Shapiro-Barnum, Julian
Hardcover
$23.40
Not Today, Fascists: The Lies That Got Us Here, and the Truths That Will Reunite Us
Welch, Jennifer
Hardcover
$27.54
Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms
Bennett, Geoff
Hardcover
$29.69
We Are the World (Cup): A Personal History of the World's Greatest Sporting Event
Bennett, Roger
Hardcover
$27.00
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume
Adams, Douglas
Paperback
$23.40
The New Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Expert Advice for Extreme Situations
Borgenicht, David
Piven, Joshua
Hardcover
$18.95
There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
Boozan, Glenn
Hardcover
$14.25
How to Talk to Your Cat about Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives
Auburn, Zachary
Paperback
From $6.99
Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die (New York Times Bestseller)
Condo, Messie
Hardcover
$18.99
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Gaiman, Neil
Pratchett, Terry
Paperback
From $4.99