{"title":"Shrilal Shukla","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fragments-of-happiness-paperback","title":"Fragments of Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Durgadas, an ordinary businessman from Delhi, is arrested for murder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Lucknow, the lives of the people he left behind-his family and friends-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunravel in unexpected ways. As they fight to prove his innocence and deal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the upheaval in their lives, they find themselves turning against each\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother. Taranath, his eldest son, searches for meaning and strength in religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand ritual when the law seems to fail him. Rajnath, his younger son, finds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis marriage with his wife, Neela, coming undone when they decide against\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehaving a child until Durgadas is acquitted. His youngest daughter, Chaand, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estruggles with her attraction towards Vimal, the much older family friend and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDurgadas's confidant. Vimal's integrity and Chaand's loyalties are tested as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeople around them try to drive them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFragments of Happiness follows the tumult of ordinary people learning about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir own power and helplessness in the face of extraordinary circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Hindi in 1973 as Seemayein Tootati Hain-five years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eafter the cult classic Raag Darbari-with this novel Shrilal Shukla proves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehimself to be as great a master of tragedy as he was of satire. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68286616666335,"sku":"9789390477548","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AzmKb4--2z9789390477548.webp?v=1792795915"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/shrilal-shukla.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}