“Buried Things” by Satyen Rohti

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Author: Satyen Rohit


Publisher: Satyen Rohit

Genre:  Short Stories

 

Buried Things, is a collection of ten short stories spread across roughly 100 pages. Rooted in exceptional lives, the book explores various emotions like humanity, longing, sibling love/rivalry, marriage, love, parental love, and many more. with an honesty that is both unsettling and deeply moving. Rather than offering escape or comfort, the collection demands emotional engagement and reflection.

I started the book like any other, first few pages I felt like “Ok the story is still building, and suddenly my eyes flew wide open; and I felt a rush of emotions towards the surface. And the same continued with rest of the stories. While reading I kept a note of all the chapters which I would love, however; I ended up writing almost all the titles. I was so impressed by the stories that after each chapter I would take a break just sit with it to absorb the emotions and just letting it sink in.

The Only difficult part is the patience one needs to have while reading the initial pages; until things finally fall in to place. I also loved the cover and design of the book. The Language of the book is easy and free flowing. Each chapter takes you to new place, new setting, new characters and entire new emotions. And as I concluded the book; only to find out that this his debut collection; which even surprised, impress and inspire me more and more.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

 

 


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