The Body of the Thing by Karishma Jobanputra #foliosociety and the distance between ‘us’

and the distance between ‘us’ and ‘them’ grows

Expressionism and Surrealism

The result of a life-long affair with food

the stones will summon them home

The Body of the Thing by Karishma Jobanputra #foliosociety and the distance between ‘us’DATE OF RELEASE: 11 AUG 2026 The debut collection from Brick Lane Short Story Prize shortlisted Karishma Jobanputra A lyrical and visceral short story collection, The Body of the Thing unpicks the hierarchies that thrum under our relationships, from first loves and lusts to motherhood and miscarriages, from sexual awakenings to final confrontations with death. Moving from bougie neighbourhoods in Manhattan to the sun drenched piazzas of Italy, from