A House for
Mr. Misra by Jaisree Misra
Publisher:
Westland Books
ISBN: 978-93-86850-48-5
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 199
Rating: 3.5/5
Intriguing
visual descriptions, excellent write-up and a tale that somehow revolves around
all our lives!
I picked
this book with much delight one, because this book had all the qualities of
being a fiction but is a non-fiction and two, because buying a house is
everyone’s list – be it big or small. I haven’t read any of Jaishree Misra’s
works but having known that the author has written some of the finest works –
this copy just came by!
The book has
been weaved with a very settling tone finding a couple beautifully set into a
London life with their jobs and life in place until everything changes and they
leave everything altogether to buy a house in Kerala. Known as God’s own
country and famous for its tourist footfall, the book brings out the unknown
and unseen tales of the place, even the darker sides which no one talks about.
The story of
building your own house is definitely loaded with a lot of mind games, relative
pressures, impulsive decisions and dealing with a lot of issues which makes
living in the place worthwhile. The book has brought out all the ingenuity of
the neighbours, deal with the seller, cranky maids, suicidal snakes and more.
After all thinking of building a house where the waves touch your boundary
isn’t an easy task!
The local
scenario, life of the people of Kerala, the general temperament, style of
living is brought across beautifully. You can feel like you have been to Kerala
and spent days here to know how people think and work here. Making for a good
non-fiction read, the book is like a explanatory autobiographical tale of how
the author built a house in the Coastal Regulation Zone.
Turning
through the pages of the book I came through a lot of well written sentences
which made me re-read them because of the precision of thoughts they conveyed.
I loved the fast read but also wanted a lot of details into the subject. At
some places I thought the scenes could have been more detailed or I deserved a
little more explanation to the scenario – but overall the book was sticking to
the title put on.
It’s a light
read with simple situations that build up interest and gives a pleasing end!
