“Will Spring Bloom Again?” : A Review

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.

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.

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?”

THE AUTHOR

Finally-

“If winter comes

Will spring be far behind?” is my reply to “Will Spring Bloom Again?”

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