Real Time

"[A] hushed sense of wonder...Enhances his position as one of the most versatile and talented of his generation." --"The Village Voice" "Mr. Chaudhuri limns the trajectory of an entire life in a handful of pages....The stories in this volume combine the folk-art charm and easygoing improvisations of R.K. Narayan, with the compassion and evocative atmosphere of Chekhov." --"The New York Times" "Chaudhuri's writing is touched by a rare delicacy of description and a keen sense of the unwritten, unspoken rules that govern human relationships." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review" "Elegiac...Real Time achieves an artful, circumspect honesty." --San Francisco Chronicle"An Indian writer with a mastery of English nuance, Chaudhuri uses just the right brushstrokes to render the hidden undercurrents of daily life." --"The Boston Globe"