Book- The Multitudes of Ripples
Author- Vaachakmitra
Genre- Non-Fiction
Publisher- CinnamonTeal Publishing
Price- 499
Pages- 276
Blurb-
The novel is a
first person narrative of an entrepreneur who struggles to make sense of his
life. He reconstructs his memory while recuperating from a nervous breakdown.
The distortion in his narrative is not only the manifestation of
psychopathology of his mind but also an exploration of human values. The novel
demonstrates how optimism incorporates meaningful semantics even in the face of
psychopathology. The dualism of hope and pathos creates a touch of absurd,
almost reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.
Review-
“The Multitudes of Ripples” is a very peculiar and different
book which doesn’t hit the market often. There were times that I felt that this
book was not for me but gradually I started getting involved in all the Mohmayi
visits.
The author was careful in detailing every single aspect of
his sentences, his experiences and travels. But I found that extra detailing quite unnecessary. With
a subject as wide and imaginative as Fantasy World, author should have
transpired the characters, incidents in a more dramatic way, hiding some
meaning, showing some unexpected imagery's. Plainness is not always good.
There were abundant characters along with the narrator on
this journey and I loved everyone. When more people were exposed to Mohmayi,
things started becoming a little comical because there was more variation due
to this.
Themes of the book were of great range, family love, the bond
between siblings, with the caretaker, loved one. I enjoyed the former years of
the narrator’s life the most because I felt that the Mohmayi sounded more
convincing then. Seeing everything from the eyes of a kid was much easier than
seeing things from the point of view of an adult.
I felt that author should have concentrated a little bit on
conversations, the narration was nice but not very effective, and with extra
explanations in the brackets, one expression became quite a lot to intake. A
reader who is not used to of reading psychological anecdotes can find it a
little bit boring.
Recommendation-
The book can be read in order to understand the critical yet
interesting life written to showcase a fantasy world in autobiographical form.
About the author-
The
author is a research scientist by training. He is technical consultant who
works in an advisory capacity to the pharmaceutical industry. He specializes in
intellectual property, technology upgradation and information technology. He is
a science writer specializing in theoretical and philosophical foundations of
modern scientific thought.
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