A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness Jai Chakrabarti by Jai Chakrabarti instant download after payment.

"Whether in Brooklyn, Kolkata, upstate New York or elsewhere, these characters captured my heart & endure in my memory like loved ones.” —Mia Alvar, author of In the Country

In the fourteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents & cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, & race.

In the title story, a closeted gay man in 1980s Kolkata seeks to have a child with his lover’s wife. An Indian widow, engaged to a Jewish man, struggles to balance her cultural identity with the rituals & traditions of her newfound family. An American musician travels to see his guru for the final time—& makes a promise he cannot keep. A young woman from an Indian village arrives in Brooklyn to care for the toddler of a biracial couple. And a mystical agent is sent by a mother to solve her son’s domestic problems.

Throughout, the characters’ most vulnerable desires shape life-altering decisions as they seek to balance their needs against those of the people they hold closest. The stories in A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness capture men & women struggling with transformation and familial bonds; they traverse the intersections of countries & cultures to illuminate what it means to love in uncertain times; & they showcase the skill of a storyteller who dazzles with the breadth of his vision.

NY Times:

Whether in India or the US, the characters in this exquisite story collection share universal concerns. Rarely do they find “enormous happiness,” but how they reckon with reality sparks a sense of peace.

“Among the many ways in which Chakrabarti demonstrates a mastery of the form is that each tale…