Reviews, Vol. I, Issue I
In these speedy times,
when people don't get enough time for reading long fictions to rejuvenate their
mind; it's the genre of short stories which adds freshness into the lives and
gives instant creative surge in between the technicality of life.
Amit Shankar's recent
collection of eighteen unusual short stories Café Latte is unique in all sense.
His stories are short yet crisp, intense yet momentary, deadly yet delightful,
and to add much more. This book is unusual in one more sense, as two stories
out of 18 are told by 2 talented kids, Kartikey Sharma and Vasundhara Goyal.
Author of three
national bestsellers; Flight of the Hilsa, Chapter 11 and Love is Vodka - A
Shot Ain't Enough, Amit Shankar, with his extraordinary flair for carving
unusual offbeat stories proves to be refreshing in this collection too.
Although, he raises his creative bar so high, that few of his stories slightly
fail in front of his other best pieces present in the same book.
His strength lies in
his story telling technique, and most prominently in his unusual twists at the
end of each story which keeps the readers stuck deep into the narrative and
shake them from within at certain moments; but the same becomes his weakness
too, when his twists fail to hit back the readers' mind as strongly as
anticipated by the writer's creative strength.
The first half of this
book is delightful and full of surprises, but slowly and gradually the tricks
of Amit start fading in the later phase. The Sixteen unusual stories by Amit
are, "The Temple Of The King", "26 Down Express",
"Code of Honor", "The Jazz Player", "Let Me Help You
Die", "The Black Widow", "The Lion The Leopard And The
Hyena", "The Chosen One", "Home Sweet Home", "The
Other Side", "The Dream Chaser", "The Guardian Angel",
"Every Mouse Ain't A Mickey Mouse", "Smart TV", "True
Lies" and "Writer's Block". The other two unusual stories by two
talented kids are "A Rose For Her" by Kartikey Sharma and "A
Highway Called Life" by Vasundhara Goyal.
The stories of Café
Latte are as instant as a cup of instant coffee. Each story has a different yet
unique and refreshing flavor. A must read collection, indeed. Grab your copy
today. You will not regret it with your cup of coffee at any time, be it
morning, noon or night!
About
the Author
Author of three
national bestsellers; Flight of the Hilsa, Chapter 11 and Love is Vodka - A
Shot Ain't Enough, Amit Shankar, with his penchant for telling offbeat stories,
has this time found his expression in the form of eighteen, unusual short
stories. He is an avid music buff and a great exponent of the guitar. His genre
includes rock, jazz and blues. To know more about him, log on to www.amitshankar.in
-Reviewed by Varsha Singh/ Managing Editor, Reviews
About the book
Publisher:
Vitasta Publishing
Publication
Year: 2014
ISBN-13:
9789382711445
ISBN-10:
9382711449
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
Number
of Pages: 208 Pages
Source:
The Bookaholics
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