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A Voyage Called Life
Paperback
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: Jul 1 2024
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.12 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A Voyage Called Life, a collection of eight short stories, doesn't showcase a perfectionist approach to life. Life strives for success in all aspects: professional, personal, relations, friendship, and a connection with self. Success is a relative term. In this pursuit of success, man sometimes leaves behind the entity called LIFE. Little do we realise at what cost we have wrenched ourselves free from the grip of life.
A bouquet of emotions that sizzle through the stories marks the unity in diversity theme. If one character is low on emotions, another is irresistibly loving and caring; if one is grief-stricken, the other has something to celebrate.
The characters are coloured by humour, grief, pleasure, sympathy, disgust, envy, fear, admiration, surprise, and nostalgia.
'Reversal' is a commentary on life's paradoxes. Strangely, a girl living a luxurious life yearns for a cosy little house where the walls do not separate the inmates. Ironically, the girl living in shambles finds herself dreaming of life in the luxurious bungalow.
Interspersed with light-hearted comedy, A Unique Love Story and Much Ado About Nothing lighten the heaviness caused by the tragedy in The Last Touch.
This collection of short stories is a tapestry of smiles and tears. Just as tears start trickling down the cheeks, a smile washes away the sorrow.
Isn't life all about a journey through various emotions?
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