I can sense the end approach
Although I am yet to begin
As I started to write this review , and think back
on all that I read , understood , pondered and questioned about in the
book , these lines sum the whole experience for me. The book has ended
for me but it has opened up a lot of probable stories for me too.
The book opens with a story “An eye for an eye”
which is like an infinite loop of action and reaction. And it
immediately is followed by two poems. If you read carefully and yet let
your feelings make their own connections between dots
that are not there ( perhaps ), you will realize that all these are
part of one single idea , an overlapping thought. I usually read stories
/ poems in random order but not this time. Not after such a beginning. I
was kind of forced to read in order as if
the magic of the words be broken. While the prose took me to different
worlds and people ,mostly sad and broken – each story a short quick snap of lives of different characters.Each story leaving something for your understanding and imagination.
But what I will remember and return to this book personally is for the poems. After a long time,i am kind of inspired to write and read poetry. Each of the poem seemed to speak directly to me , and not just project the author's version. Such varied emotions and range of human psyche is covered in the verses- so short , tightly packed shots in middle of meaty stories. The Poem “ The dark side of Light” was for me , aptly written to explain the book and the stories / emotions portrayed in the book.
This book is a treat for all book lovers - poetry fans and short fiction admirers.
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