# A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories - Hardcover

by **Jai Chakrabarti** (Author)

**"**As impeccable as \[the\] title story is, every entry astonishes**" (_The New York Times_), from the National Jewish Book Award-winning author of _A Play for the End of the World_  
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**"Whether in Brooklyn, Kolkata, upstate New York or elsewhere, these characters captured my heart and endure in my memory like loved ones." --Mia Alvar, author of _In the Country_**

In the fifteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and 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 and traditions of her newfound family. An American musician travels to see his guru for the final time--and 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 and women struggling with transformation and familial bonds; they traverse the intersections of countries and cultures to illuminate what it means to love in uncertain times; and they showcase the skill of a storyteller who dazzles with the breadth of his vision.

### Author Biography

Jai Chakrabarti is the author of the novel _A Play for the End of the World_, which won the National Jewish Book Award for debut fiction, was long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award and short-listed for the Tagore Prize. He is also the author of the story collection _A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness_. His short fiction has received both an O. Henry Award and a Pushcart Prize and has been anthologized in the _Best American Short Stories_ and performed on Selected Shorts by Symphony Space. His nonfiction has been published in _The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company_, and elsewhere. Born in Kolkata, India, he now lives in New York with his family.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.27 x 8.51 x 6.09 IN

**Publication Date:** February 21, 2023

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