Almost lovingly written all through, in its finale, the story suddenly acquires the leanings of a morality tale....
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For all those who say "But I don't understand poetry", this is a perfect book of verse to cut your poetic teeth on.
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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.
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Despite its grating unevenness, what redeems this collection is the presence of some new and superbly exciting voices.
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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.
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Such is the dexterity with which Basu writes that the 12 separate stories meld together to become a book of evocation.
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An erudite book, demanding effort and perseverance from the reader.
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A Malayalam novel set in Calcutta looks at family history, the role of women and tortured relationships
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