A Day in the
Life By Anjum Hasan
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-670-09040-2
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 230
Rating: 3.5/5
How about a book that takes you through a day in the life of 14 different characters and their stories?
I have
always loved short stories and actually enjoy reading them because it takes a
very short time to read a story while being amazed at how the writer puts in so
much in just a few pages. Besides, its easier to finish a short stories book
than a one story book!
A day in the life by Anjum Hasan is but a different take by the type of stories, the intensity of its issues and how it captures the mind of the reader. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one especially because it became like a writing dose for an entire week. Like medicine I was taking one story after each meal, twice a day – Hah! All stories are beautiful!
A day in the life by Anjum Hasan is but a different take by the type of stories, the intensity of its issues and how it captures the mind of the reader. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one especially because it became like a writing dose for an entire week. Like medicine I was taking one story after each meal, twice a day – Hah! All stories are beautiful!
Intelligently
weaved stories with a sly sense of writing, the book takes you through
different era of the world, makes you peek into the lives of different people
at different points of time making you live through an entirely new scenario
and wonder how freshly the writer has brought such dynamic world into words. A
lot of ironies and witty writing, engulfing into a intensely capturing of the
mind of the reader, the book asks a lot of questions while also silently
answering many of them.
Hassan’s
characters are whimsical and on some journey which even they don’t sseem to
understand well. Each story comes with new characters very different from the first
one, bring an altogether new facet to the way of life. Where one woman is seen
sharing a quite lovely bond with her maid, in the other story, there are
newly-weds who are trying to fight with the times and make their relationship
work. From describing Benaras of the old times to bringing the modern style of
living – Hasan has penned down diversity of lives and adversity of characters
quite well!
It was quite
an intimate read with stories making you wonder about the state of
vulnerability people go through, the state of their thinking and how the world
becomes an outcast of shadow designed by society for them. Somewhere you shall
find a sense of lingering desire in each of the characters to do something
differently and that is where the strength of the story lies.
Anjum Hasan
has done a beautiful play with the words and enjoyed her freedom of holding a
pen to its best! It’s one of those reads where the writer has definitely made a
brave use of words.
Highly
recommend this book to people who live reading fiction in the short story form.
The book highlights different eras, characters, places, and people in such
fresh way that it shall delight a reader. Also, Sisters, Godsend, Bird Love and
Nur are some of my favourites from the book!
Buy your own copy from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2qADcKI
Connect with
me via
Twitter:
@myplatereview or Facebook: /myplatereview
No comments:
Post a Comment