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A review by ladybookamore
The Boy by Nrupal Das
5.0
Nrupal Das' "The Boy" is indeed beautiful, not only because of its extremely simple and lucid tone, but also for the message it conveys.
A child, no matter how young he or she may be, always has the fear of losing his/her parents. To a child, his/her parents is their whole world. This is what "The Boy" talks about.
Based in the town of Nayapalli in Bhubaneswar, the story is very simple — Amit, a young boy, returns from school with his mother, has his second lunch, and runs off to play cricket with his friends — but, a twist; Amit neither comes back home, nor had he ever gone to the playing field in the first place. His parents, friends and neighbours look for him everywhere. News pertaining to rampant kidnappings, the worsening weather, intolerable anxiety...everything works in sync.
The rest is up to you to know!
I'm not gonna give spoilers here!
I appreciate the way the story has been woven, in a tender, simple language which is quite comprehensible to all; except the fact that the author sometimes tried to stretch the story to make it last longer. What is admirable in the story is the subject matter and its implicit address to all the parents out there.
Personally, I liked the story.
Hoping for similarly great short stories from Das.
A child, no matter how young he or she may be, always has the fear of losing his/her parents. To a child, his/her parents is their whole world. This is what "The Boy" talks about.
Based in the town of Nayapalli in Bhubaneswar, the story is very simple — Amit, a young boy, returns from school with his mother, has his second lunch, and runs off to play cricket with his friends — but, a twist; Amit neither comes back home, nor had he ever gone to the playing field in the first place. His parents, friends and neighbours look for him everywhere. News pertaining to rampant kidnappings, the worsening weather, intolerable anxiety...everything works in sync.
The rest is up to you to know!
I'm not gonna give spoilers here!
I appreciate the way the story has been woven, in a tender, simple language which is quite comprehensible to all; except the fact that the author sometimes tried to stretch the story to make it last longer. What is admirable in the story is the subject matter and its implicit address to all the parents out there.
Personally, I liked the story.
Hoping for similarly great short stories from Das.