The Five Wounds · Book Five
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“It is not one letter. It is five.”
“The fifth is only to be delivered if you ask for it.”
30 chapters · about 6.4 hours of reading
Contents of Dead Letter
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- Part One · The Wrong Address
- 01The Blank After the NameApril 203015 minFree
- 02Under AApril 203014 minFree
- 03The Queue Is the QueueApril 203016 min₹19
- 04The Thursday CounterApril and May 203012 min₹19
- 05Room FourMay 203013 min₹19
- 06Manek ChowkMay 203017 min₹19
- 07The Second LaneMay 203010 min₹19
- 08The First SundayJune 203011 min₹19
- 09Fourteen, Not FifteenJune 203011 min₹19
- 10Forty-Seven NamesJune 203010 min₹19
- Part Two · The Counter
- 11BasaipurJuly 203014 min₹19
- 12Two PeopleJuly 203012 min₹19
- 13The Part They CutOctober 203014 min₹19
- 14Twenty-Nine Thousand FeetNovember 203020 min₹19
- 15Poste RestanteDecember 203010 min₹19
- 16Eleven Minutes and TeaJanuary 203114 min₹19
- 17The Other KeyFebruary 203110 min₹19
- 18The Thirteen DaysMarch 203110 min₹19
- 19The Day the God Goes to His Mother’s HouseJuly 203118 min₹19
- 20Third Floor, Relief RoadAugust 203114 min₹19
- 21Eleven MinutesSeptember 203113 min₹19
- Part Three · Dead Letter
- 22The MessageSeptember 203111 min₹19
- 23The Man Who Does Not Give DecisionsOctober 203113 min₹19
- 24I Am AskingOctober 203111 min₹19
- 25Second SaturdayDecember 2031 and January 203212 min₹19
- 26Entry 214February to May 203212 min₹19
- 27Forty Thousand SheetsJune to November 203211 min₹19
- 28Two FilesSaturday, the eleventh of December 203214 min₹19
- 29The FifthDecember 2032 to February 203312 min₹19
- 30The Rent203310 min₹19
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Book Five of The Five Wounds
About Dead Letter
Ashu has no surname and has never needed one. For eleven years he has been the man four hundred families rang at two in the morning, the one who could find the form that was refused and the ambulance that could not be found. Thirteen months after his uncle dies, a registered letter arrives, posted before that death and paid for in advance. Five letters, each with its own condition, and the fifth burns the others if he asks for it. The final wound closes the quintet on a single word written into a register.
With Chandulal, Nalin, Ashu, Umpire Baba, Prem Babu, Divya, Adit.
By Manu Vishranti. Paperback from Walnut Publication, 389 pages, ISBN 978-93-6926-312-7, 583 rupees on Amazon and Flipkart. The book's own page, with its people and scenes.
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