Counterparts (short story) youngest son, Tom, to make dinner but as the child lets the fire in the kitchen go out, Farrington's rage explodes and he starts beating the little child with a walking stick. The story ends with Tom pleading for mercy. For Joyce's contemporaneous audience, the term "counterparts" could be expected to suggest (hand-written) duplicate copies of documents concerning the office's business. Counterparts (short story) "Counterparts" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners". The story recounts an evening in the life of a man named Farrington, frequently referred to simply as "the man". Farrington’s difficulties
Professor Shonku (short story collection) Professor Shonku (short story collection) Professor Shonku is a short story collection by Satyajit Ray, featuring the eponymous character Professor Shonku. It was first published in India by NewScript Publications, Calcutta, in 1965. Of the nine short stories that are part of the collection, eight had formerly been published in various editions of the children's periodical magazine, "Sandesh", and one (namely Professor Shonku o Bhoot) in "Ashcharya". The collection contains seven stories, to which two other were added in later editions. Professor Shonku's short stories are written in the format of journal entries with dates, and are assumed to be