Book Review: The other side of the Table
I want to be selfish and say, drop everything now and come. But I can't. I hope you realize, my hands are empty. I have nothing to offer you, not even time. So, think carefully before you burn your bridges Uma.The other side of the Table is a tale of two people living in two continents, weaving their worlds with words. Hundreds of letters flows between them across oceans and between hearts, between Abhi and Uma. Abhi is training to be a neurosurgeon in London, and Uma is just stepping into the world of medicine in Kolkata. As they ink their emotions onto paper, their lives get chronicled in this subtly nuanced conversation through letters about their dreams, desires, heartbreaks, and longings, about proverbial good life falling apart, about failed marriage, and dream that threatens social expectations.
When I started reading this book, I had the impression that this might turn up to be another typical love story following a familiar template. Fortunately it is not. In her debut novel, Madhumita Mukherjee has presented the world of Abhi and Uma, a world that is punctuated by absence and distance, but a world that finally converges. The story is not unique but riveting. Although because of the format, it is difficult to bond with the characters very fast, this is a soothing and gripping story. Between the exceptionally beautiful cover of this book, there remains a bunch of letters narrating a simple yet appealing, fast yet sweet story.
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A gripping and soothing novel. I had received the review copy from Fingerprint Publishing. Thank you Arcopol for giving me this opportunity. You can buy this book at amazon or at flipkart in case you live in India. You can find the lowest price of this book in India at shoppingwish.in
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