Date of Reading: 14/04/2014
Author: Mihir Kamat
Publisher: Mihir Kamat
Year: 2014
From: Goodreads Firstreads Giveaway
Rating: 3.5/5
As me and fortune never sees eye to eye, winning a giveaway in goodreads can be termed as a miracle. A small book of 72 pages with twelve short stories celebrating love; a simple but smart cover page featuring a pair of eyes (a tiny glitch I can see is that the eyes speak of an untold woe not of love) and there is the matter of font -- all the stories are given in italics which by the way looks beautiful, but makes the reading miserable in the long run.
First few stories are the usual cliched ones with
unsurprising endings; I can find few novelties in narrative style but things
get better when stories get out of man-woman relationships; there are some I
felt quite rewarding like 'In a Manner of Thinking', 'Everything'
(grandfather-granddaughter relationship), and 'The final dance' (really
interesting as the story leaves many loose ends).
Thank you Mihir for sending me a copy through goodreads. A
signed copy from the author is something I will cherish always.
Great write up. BTW same pinch! We share the same blog template :)
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