{"product_id":"moonrise-from-the-green-grass-roof-paperback","title":"Moonrise from the Green Grass Roof - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVinod Kumar Shukla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were a hundred games the children played with the sky. Each question that arose in a child's mind was a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Where is the moon?' they asked if they woke up in the middle of the night. There's a pygmy mountain at the edge of the village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNear the top of the mountain is a mysterious hole. If you toss a stone down that hole, it will keep falling until you return to hear it hit the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a second-grader named Bolu in the village school. He only speaks while he walks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to speak to him, you must walk with him. And then there's the moon, rising from the green grass roof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt travels with Bolu and his friends wherever they go. In this book, light as pebbles skimming across a pond, Vinod Kumar Shukla speaks of the wonder of a universe in which, however separate we seem, we are inevitably joined as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINOD KUMAR SHUKLA\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and novelist from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. In 1999, Shukla received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel, Deewar Mein Ek Khidki Rehti Thi. In 2023, he was awarded the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50354888704237,"sku":"9789352773831","price":14.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/ZN3q_YTCy_9789352773831.webp?v=1785321196","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/moonrise-from-the-green-grass-roof-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}