{"title":"Anees Salim","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bellboy-book-anees-salim-9781910688670","title":"The Bellboy","description":"Latif's life changes when he is appointed bellboy at the Paradise Lodge - a hotel where people come to die.   After his father's death, drowned in the waters surrounding their small Island, it is 17 year-old Latif's turn to become the man of the house and provide for his ailing mother and sisters. Despite discovering a dead body on his first day of duty, Latif finds entertainment spying on guests and regaling the hotel's janitor, Stella, with made-up stories. However, when Latif finds the corpse of a small-time actor in Room 555 and becomes a mute-witness to a crime that happens there, the course of Latif's life is irretrievably altered.   The Bellboy is as much a commentary on how society treats and victimizes the intellectually vulnerable as it is about the quiet resentment brewing against religious minorities in India today. With a mix of wry humour and heart-wrenching poignancy, the book narrates a young boy's coming-of-age on a small island, and his innocence that persists even in the face of adversity and inevitable tragedy.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557368602897,"sku":"GOR012576203","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910688673.jpg?v=1750996977"},{"product_id":"andhlya-baiche-vanshaj-book-anees-salim-9789387319998","title":"Andhlya Baiche Vanshaj","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51110128091409,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51110129729809,"sku":"NIN9789387319998","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52481408336145,"sku":"NLS9789387319998","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9387319997.jpg?v=1777111783"},{"product_id":"fly-hasina-fly-book-anees-salim-9789353574680","title":"Fly, Hasina, Fly","description":"\u003cbr\u003eMeet Hasina Mansoor, vending machine attendant at the Airport Departure Lounge. From her vantage point, Hasina watches the planes take off outside the glass doors and secretly dreams of being on (even piloting) one of them. While selling overpriced tea isn't getting her any closer to that, Hasina keeps her spirits up by making friends (and enemies) among the other airport staff, including the treacherous Cookie Lady, the know-it-all Coupon Man, the beautiful Natasha Singh and her tasbih-wielding boss, Haji Osman. Home is no less mine-filled, with a twin-sister who demands money constantly, a little brother who doesn't look like he's going to pass his fourth class and parents who are more concerned with the ongoing feud with the upstairs neighbours, Laila auntie's family. Hasina's secret love affair with her cousin, Eza, is a spark of joy in this homestead of constant worry and absurdity, but can she trust him completely? A darkly humorous, touching story, Fly, Hasina, Fly (previously published as Tales from a Vending Machine) will stay with readers long after their flight has landed.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52150640509201,"sku":"NLS9789353574680","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789353574680.jpg?v=1780566809"},{"product_id":"chhotya-shaharacha-darya-book-anees-salim-9789353174507","title":"Chhotya Shaharacha Darya","description":"UPROOTED FROM A BUSTLING CITY, THE THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD PROTAGONIST OF THE SMALL-TOWN SEA IS REPLANTED IN HIS FATHER S HOME TOWN WHERE HE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH HIS NEW LIFE. HE RELUCTANTLY MAKES FRIENDS WITH BILAL, A BOY WHO LIVES IN THE ORPHANAGE RUN BY THE LOCAL MOSQUE. TOGETHER, THEY EMBARK ON CLANDESTINE ADVENTURES WHILE HIS AILING FATHER-A WRITER WHOSE LAST WISH IS TO DIE LISTENING TO THE SEA HE HAS GROWN UP BY-REDISCOVERS PEOPLE FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. BUT HIS FATHER S DEATH UNSETTLES THE BOY S LIFE AGAIN, AND HE FINDS HIMSELF GRAPPLING WITH ALTOGETHER UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES. ही गोष्ट आहे आयुष्याच्या पटावरील घटनांना अनिवार्यपणे सोसणाऱ्या एका किशोरवयीन मुलाची. वडिलांच्या दुर्धर आजारामुळं त्यांना त्यांच्या मूळ गावी अखेरचा श्वास घ्यायचा असतो. पण त्यांच्या इच्छेनं नायकाचं आयुष्य मात्र ढवळून निघतं. त्याचं मोठ्या शहरातलं धावपळीचं आयुष्य उखडून छोट्या शहरात रूजवलं जातं. तिथं जुळवून घेण्यासाठीची त्याची धडपड..नव्या अवकाशातील माणसं..त्यांचं जगणं..नायकाच्या आयुष्याचा भाग होत जातं..पण तेव्हाच एक नवी वेदना त्याच्या पुढ्यात येऊन उभी राहते. प्रेम, मैत्री आणि नातेसंबंधांवरील मनाची पकड घेणारी कादंबरी.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52455797031185,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52455797489937,"sku":"NLS9789353174507","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789353174507.jpg?v=1777111789"},{"product_id":"bellboy-malayalam-book-anees-salim-9789355439130","title":"The Bellboy (Malayalam)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52876002066705,"sku":"NLS9789355439130","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789355439130.jpg?v=1767355481"},{"product_id":"vanity-bagh-book-anees-salim-9789382616412","title":"Vanity Bagh","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52963846553873,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52963846947089,"sku":"NGR9789382616412","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789382616412.jpg?v=1766446827"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-anees-salim.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}