Tuesday, May 28, 2024

BOOK REVIEW- Scarred Earth by Bhaswar Mukherjee

 

BOOK REVIEW

 

Scarred Earth

 

A Novel

Bhaswar Mukherjee

     (Petals Publishers, Ludhiana, First Edition, August 2023, 273

Pages Rs.350/-)

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     Scarred Earth is the third work of Bhaswar Mukherjee who earlier wrote an anthology of short stories, It happens and a non-fiction work on the life of Abdul Karim Telgi, The Counterfeiter. I have been following his interviews ever since I fell for his short stories. He described his methodology as ‘research, conflict &  a sledge-hammer ending’. It is the ending which had indelible impact on the mind of the reader so I fairly knew what to expect from his latest contemporary fiction.