Bárbara’s Reviews > Red Earth and Pouring Rain > Status Update

This book is a work of art.

"and then, late one night, he jumped from his bed, ran to the loading area where books and pamphlets waited, (...) and read all night by the light of a spluttering, clandestine lantern, until his head spun and his eyes ached, and when morning came he knew he was ensnared, trapped for ever by words"

"But in love
our hearts have mingled
like red earth and pouring rain."

"But in love
our hearts have mingled
like red earth and pouring rain."

At first I didn't like Abhay's story because it felt so empty and meaningless compared to Sanjay's rich storytelling. But then I've realized, it feels empty and meanigless because that is how Abhay feels, in Chandra's own words, like a traveller who goes back home and finds himself in exile. God is this book powerful.

"Here ends the first book, the book of war and ancestors. Sikander is born. Now begins the book of learning and desolation."
This book is so good

Well, it sure escalated quickly.