Almost lovingly written all through, in its finale, the story suddenly acquires the leanings of a morality tale....
For all those who say "But I don't understand poetry", this is a perfect book of verse to cut your poetic teeth on.
Rather like the city itself, this is a book that is the result of a cultivated eye. And so its readers will have to be drawn from that echelon.
Despite its grating unevenness, what redeems this collection is the presence of some new and superbly exciting voices.
This collection brings the best of a rare poetic sensibility to the issues that concern us. If there are poems that don't work or falter, the ones that do compensate well enough.
Such is the dexterity with which Basu writes that the 12 separate stories meld together to become a book of evocation.
An erudite book, demanding effort and perseverance from the reader.
A Malayalam novel set in Calcutta looks at family history, the role of women and tortured relationships
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