Review of Flight of the Hilsa by Amit Shankar
About
Author:
Amit Shankar, An avid music buff and a great exponent of
guitar, a coffee lover, a great reader, great author and many more adjectives
to join in. He has presented society with four gems Flight of the Hilsa,
Chapter Eleven, Love is a Vodka-a shot ain’t Enough, and Café Latte.
Writing
Style: 5/5.
It has
happened first time that I am lacking vocabulary to describe any work. Each and
every line I write seems so naïve to represent the essence of the novel, Flight
of the Hilsa by Amit Shankar. I read Amit’s Café Latte first, I was so awestruck
with his writing style that it tempted me to read other works by him. He gifted
me another three titles of him for review. The cover page of the novel is so lively
and captivating. Most amazing fact about this work is that Amit has presented a
girl’s emotions so perfectly that I was having doubt at once that Amit may be a
pen name, the writer must be woman. (As per tradition of Victorian Era) Avantika
Sengupta, a girl with creative soul but unkind fate. The hardships of Avi’s
life make reader question some theories representing God. I loved this work so
much because like a true literary piece, it discusses many bitter realities of
society. Marriage life of Major Sengupta left a question in my mind. What’s the
need of living with a person, whom you don’t love at all? The bitterness this
failed marriage chases Avi for whole her life. Her 8 year long relationship
with Sunny, Her relationship with Captain, Pimps like Chawla, Shrewd
businessman like Mr. Khurana, Shweta and Prashant’s marriage and issue of Pedophile.
I must say as a person associated with literature that maybe in the future this
book would be selected for college syllabus. I am not all exaggerating as I
found all the qualities of literature in it. The basic foundation of Marriage
is questioned in this work and I must say I totally agree with Amit. We can see
many Shwetas, Mrs. Senguptas and Simis, around us wearing fake masks. There are some works which leave us with tearful eyes at the end. This, too left me with tearful eyes. These tears represented emotions which words couldn't justify.
There are
many quotes by Captain but these lines are my favourite one.
“Some relations go beyond words; they
cannot be confined to the realms of friendship and marriage. These relations
just exist.”
Waiting
eagerly for Amit’s next work which is under construction. ;)
My overall
rating for this work is 5/5.
Genre: Fiction
Paperback:
336 pages
Publisher: Vitasta
Publishing pvt ltd
Language:
English
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