Author: De Souza Eunice
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 2001
Pages: 114
ISBN: 978-0-143-02788-1
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Urban Life, English Literature
Classification: 954.7923
Shelf: C7R1
Accession No: B861
Contents: Acknowledgements
Abstract: “Dangerlok” follows Rina Ferreira, a middle-aged, single English lecturer living in a squalid corner of Bombay. The term “dangerlok” captures Rina’s disdain for people she finds tiresome or unlikable. Despite the city’s harshness, she feels an undeniable connection to it. Through letters to her old lover, David, now in America, Rina shares the absurdities, loneliness, and challenges of her daily life. The narrative highlights the emotional complexities of urban existence, exploring isolation, connection, and the toll of modern life in a fast-paced world. It’s a bittersweet reflection on the contradictions of contemporary living.