Book Review

These stories are rich with character, plot, and introspection, and they definitely leave you marvelling. Each story captures the hunger of the human soul. It is the magic of written words which unpacks the longings and frustrations of each character that makes each tale heart-searing.

The book opens with a match fixing scandal in April 2000, when Delhi police charge South African captain Hansie Cronje with the crime and implicated team India's involvement in it as well. Indian fans' love, respect, and trust in their beloved Indian cricket team and its players is shattered by this devastating news.

The short length of the book and seeming simplicity is belied by the incredible amount of attention given to it. For it explores far more than a simple themes. The use of dazzling imagination, vivid emotional resonance, and a breath-taking sense of movement, explores several different subjects, including - poetic creativity, self-realization and many other feelings from the depths of our heart.

In Children of Maya by Christopher Vastag, we are transported to a fantasy land, Kaskilia, populated by changelings who can switch between human and animal form.

Between John and a Hard Place takes our real world issues and brings it close to home. This is Anita Yombo's debut novel and it is clear she has done some in-depth research into the subject.