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Three stories are strung together upon a dominant theme with personages coming to put flesh and blood to itself. The three pieces have different characters and different settings, but they share a common theme - the essential loss of man's simplicity and genuine passion in a civilized hole. He becomes so inordinately conditioned by the environment that he does not even realize the loss of innocence and genuine passion. He accepts the artificiality of his existence as something normal. It is only when he comes out of this artificial environment that he finds his true self, that he comes out of his own egotistical hole and breathes the air around him in the care and bounty of nature. Nature is no longer a dumb insensate thing, it assumes a self, it begins to speak a language and welcomes the stranger as someone dear to her.
The hole however has got to be understood in its varied layers of symbolism. On the personal level, it is the individual who, under the spell of an artificial social environment, builds a hole for himself or herself. On the collective level, it is the society that acts as a big hole from which man and woman can hardly extricate themselves while their innocence and passion die a pitiable death.
The hole however has got to be understood in its varied layers of symbolism. On the personal level, it is the individual who, under the spell of an artificial social environment, builds a hole for himself or herself. On the collective level, it is the society that acts as a big hole from which man and woman can hardly extricate themselves while their innocence and passion die a pitiable death.
78 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1991
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Moinul Ahsan Saber
105 books20 followersMoinul Ahsan Saber (Bangla: মঈনুল আহসান সাবের; born 1958) is a fiction writer of Bangladesh. He is the executive editor of popular weekly magazine Saptahik 2000 (সাপ্তাহিক ২০০০), published from Dhaka.
His father, Ahsan Habib, was one of the main modern poets of Bangladesh and Saber emerged as a writer and gained fame with the publication of his first novel Porasto Sahish (পরাস্ত সহিস) in 1982.
His father, Ahsan Habib, was one of the main modern poets of Bangladesh and Saber emerged as a writer and gained fame with the publication of his first novel Porasto Sahish (পরাস্ত সহিস) in 1982.
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March 10, 2016
Nature as the perfect background in all three stories, we find vivid, expressive, insightful, and intimate narration from the protagonists.
The first one was adventurous, playful, innocently silly - with touch of authenticity and simplicity - and a perfect portrayal of stripping the shell of inhibition. This showed the inside of the characters with such simplicity that compels the reader to think of freeing his/her own soul from the "Human hole". The ending once again showed what holds us from living originally; once in the "hole" we are strangers to everyone - to existence itself.
The second story was yet another instance of gaining the true self of the characters. It diligently described men's vulnerability to lust; to the point where conscience may be compromised. However, the conscience is seen to be regained followed by shame and remorse. Finally, in the mystic influence of nature, the couple gets into a close proximity of surrendering - the girl, despite her vows to herself, meets breaking point. But can they really come out of the human hole?
The last story has this loving couple who are enthralled by the vastness of nature. They take nature as their guide to physical connection - a connection in the cosmic level. Neela rediscovers herself. But once in the face of the other side of the coin that nature offers, they are too overwhelmed to comprehend nature and its vastness.
The storyline, theme and style was terrific. The translator did a tremendous job to rediscover the author's imagination.
The first one was adventurous, playful, innocently silly - with touch of authenticity and simplicity - and a perfect portrayal of stripping the shell of inhibition. This showed the inside of the characters with such simplicity that compels the reader to think of freeing his/her own soul from the "Human hole". The ending once again showed what holds us from living originally; once in the "hole" we are strangers to everyone - to existence itself.
The second story was yet another instance of gaining the true self of the characters. It diligently described men's vulnerability to lust; to the point where conscience may be compromised. However, the conscience is seen to be regained followed by shame and remorse. Finally, in the mystic influence of nature, the couple gets into a close proximity of surrendering - the girl, despite her vows to herself, meets breaking point. But can they really come out of the human hole?
The last story has this loving couple who are enthralled by the vastness of nature. They take nature as their guide to physical connection - a connection in the cosmic level. Neela rediscovers herself. But once in the face of the other side of the coin that nature offers, they are too overwhelmed to comprehend nature and its vastness.
The storyline, theme and style was terrific. The translator did a tremendous job to rediscover the author's imagination.
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