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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Are you about to embark on a journey, maybe by air, bus, or my favorite, the train? If so, pause a while and carry this book along with you. Even as you journey forth to your destination, these stories will become your travel companions, traversing with you across both real and imagined territories. This is why this book is called, quite literally, A Journey Through Stories.
Here you will find a bouquet of micro-short stories, 50 of them that cover a wide geography of genres, reaching out to the far reaches of space travel, living through old worlds and new, dabbling with tales of ancient, timeless lore. It is influenced by the literary greats of the short and concise prose such as R K Narayan, O Henry, Asimov, Moravia, Guy de Maupassant, and Somerset Maugham.
Written in a lucid, crisp, yet simple and accessible style, this book is a quick and engaging read, leaving you yearning for more.
Stanley David
Stanley David is a Master Trainer in Soft Skills and has trained and coached more than 10,000 students, teachers and corporate leaders across India. He is also a motivational speaker, writer and lifelong quizzer.
Stanley is an alumni of St Vincent’s School, Berhampur, Loyola College, Madras, Berhampur University, and IIM, Kolkata.
Through the course of his career, he has held Senior Marketing positions at the Steel Authority of India Limited and has worked with the British High Commission as a Senior Trade Promotion Advisor - where he was trained in Overseas Trade by the Foreign Office of the British Government in London and in Steel Marketing at US Steel Pittsburgh, USA.
Stanley is also a beloved Quizmaster and author of the Penguin India Quiz Book 2003, and the Essential Quiz Book (2022).
Nowadays, he invests his time mentoring young people, spending time with family, and of course, reading, writing and watching movies voraciously.
Stanley's upcoming work is tentatively titled, A Book of Modern Psalms. Stay tuned for more!
