It is really
encouraging to see more local English writers coming up trying their hands in writing-
be it prose or poetry. In recent past, poetess Subi Taba created impressive ripples
in the field of Poetry with her Anthology- “The
Bohemian Man.”
Gyati TM Ampi is
now been added to this small local writers' galaxy, who has come up with her interesting
novella:-“Will Spring Bloom Again?”
“Will Spring Bloom Again?” is a love
story of a college going girl from Itanagar hailing from Ziro who is enveloped
in her own troubled past and keeps revisiting her haunting past memory lane that troubles her
more. The book will surely be popular among the girls.
Written in Stream of Consciousness and Confessional style, in
simple, the book is all about true friendship, love, supportive parents and finally
facing the truth and moving on come what may in your life. It’s all about realizing
and deciding to shed off one’s haunting past for better new beginning.
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| THE BOOK |
The beauty of
the book lies in the use of poetic language. The natural beauty of Ziro valley
has been beautifully depicted by Ampi. Those who have been to Ziro valley will surely
visualize valley’s picturesque captivating beauty.
Here are excerpts
from the novella:-
“But again she knew he was too busy in his world.
A world created by Ben himself filled with friends, football, partying etc.”
“I knew winter was knocking at the door while
autumn was silently waving off the leaves.”
“Every step dusted little of the old memories.”
Use of words
like Ane,
Aba, Pikey, Unga add beauty giving local flavor to the novella.
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| THE EXCERPT |
In spite of story
and theme being simple without any layers, it does not fail to grab readers’ attention.
The readers will enjoy reading this 76-page book and will finish in a single
go.
I, as a reader,
wish the writer would have included some humorous incident too! Love affairs
between Ame and Melyang could have been stretched a
bit longer.
Published in
2016 by Patridge publication house, the book costs 250 rupees which, personally
feel, is costly. Hope the writer will
reduce the price in her next edition.
However, the
novella should not be compared with those of celebrated writers’ work as the
book is not without any fault. Readers will come through few grammatical errors
that can be overlooked as the theme, meaning and the content don’t get hampered.
In spite of those errors it would be encouraging to motivate the writer to come
up with project even better than “Will
Spring Bloom Again?”
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| THE AUTHOR |
Finally-
“If winter comes
Will spring be far behind?” is my reply
to “Will Spring Bloom Again?”
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