{"product_id":"9781456776862","title":"The Protectors \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of short stories takes its title from one of the stories contained in it: ‘The Protectors’. All stories are basically romantic in nature, but they are not simple love stories. Their themes have all the colours, and their myriad shades, to afford you a panoramic view of the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first story, for example, is that of a boy whose rebellious nature, not accepting the norms of a corrupt society, struggles to achieve a job on the basis of his qualification, and not on the recommendation of a friend. Another story deals in defence of the motherland from the vicious attack of a rival force. Then there is a story which gives a graphic picture of a poverty-stricken housing scheme where women, forgetting about their self-respect, stoop so low as to adopt a life style, both execrable and pitiable… but there are women and there are women!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn brief, the book touches on unemployment, indignity of a religious family, and inheritance inciting to murder. A story each describes the horrendous custom of doing away with female foetuses, the ugly face of feudalism, and foundering efforts of a courtesan to escape to a righteous life. Last but not least is the story of educated youth, who for want of any reasonable job, resort to robbery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book takes you along on a journey which unravels a picture of unspeakable misery some people are subjected to. One would feel the milk of human kindness is drying up fast!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne could read these stories with a view to killing time, but if they pause and think… well, that is exactly what these stories are aimed at.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129016697072,"sku":"9781456776862","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456776862_p0.jpg?v=1763864459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456776862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}