About The Author: Sujit Banerjee has travelled across India
and world since his birth. Head to his Good reads
profile as Sujit talk more about himself.
About The Book:
The Blurb:
Twenty six stories flow - some into each other, some
crossing one another and few charting their own path. Each breathe
independently and fade away after reflecting on their own existence. Each story
explore an independent emotion leaving you to make our own conclusion.
If Farzana tries to deal with her own masochism then
Hemakshi deals with her empty womb. If Gustav reflects on his two night stand
then Palash comes face to face with his past lover only to realize he no longer
loves him. Siraj's decision to sell his his child body comes to a clash with
Manu's trial by God. Last but not the least - Zayan reminiscences on his life
an hour before being hanged.
Let them rain on you, soak you and take you on a roller
coaster ride
The Cover:
Vintage themed tree with falling leaves has done good amount
of justice to the book and it's stories.
What I Felt About The Book:
Short stories are always a gem and a delight to read on. The
best part of short stories is that they take me to a different world and I come
back in no time.
‘Rukhsat The Departure’, a collection of short stories
titled on their main character name starting from A to Z took me to the real
world. All the stories depict a life lesson which might be bitter or sweet -
but at the end I realize that it does happens.
The author has narrated different human emotions in the way
they must have been felt. There are some stories which end without a note ad it’s
absolutely fine – because those emotions cannot be explained. Some things can/might
just be felt by putting yourself in the person’s shoe.
The little graphics with each title were an icing on the
cake. I wanted to share some, but then I hate spoilers.
The first story ‘Abhimanyu’ truly mesmerised me.
I loved admiring one and hating other letter in ‘Bhusan’ and
‘Palash’.
Stories ‘Karan’ and ‘Yasmin Bibi’ shook me from inside and I
could not do anything about it except frowning on the bitter truth of society.
What I Did Not Like:
The writing in one or two stories is so intense and author
has created so much suspense that at the end, I honestly could not infer the zest
of it. May be I lost track somewhere.
Story ‘Chitra’ would have been my favourite one if it had at
least some lines, if not complete of poetry written by the lead.
To conclude I enjoyed reading each story and they are going
to stay with me for some time. Congratulations
to Sujit Banerjee for his debut.
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Note: I received a PDF copy of the book for an honest review
Looks like an amazing book to read.. nice review :)
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