Its always peace and relax whenever you feel your parent is nearby to you, and this was awesome week when my papa is here in Bangalore, i read great number of books, more than 7000 pages but restricted myself to only three writers and all this in category of fiction.
Amitav ghosh, i have never done much reading of his work before The Calcutta Chromosome, it is the most complicate novel I have read
recently. Even after 24 hours since reading the book, still I couldn’t
come to a conclusion whether I liked the book or not. There are so many
fine points to say about this book. At the same time, this book left me
in utter confusion which had never been managed by any other books I
have read so far. If I don’t like a book, I will just drop it and go for the next one.
But this is not the case with ‘Calcutta Chromosome’. Each page was
crafted with skill and that alone makes me adore Mr.Gosh. There is a
deep mystery that lurks on every page and that makes the reading more
fascinating. The story shifts between different time frames among
various characters. I found myself eager to know what would happen next
to each of them.
Having said all these, there comes the sad part – the conclusion. I
found the ending abrupt. I expected big explanations but much were left
to reader’s choice which was frustrating. This was beautifully told tale
page by page, but only to leave the reader in chaos at the last page.
There were so unanswered questions that will haunt sometime after done
with this novel. 2nd was in this series was Sea of poppies, varied collection of characters to love and
hate, and provides wonderfully detailed descriptions of opium production and variety.
