Alok Mishra's review of the book "Lamchwa"
Excerpts of the review:
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Amazing things that I found in this simple novel, simply written and
simply ended, is the wonderful and calm atmosphere! There is no noise at
all and that’s wonderful! The 190 pages of the novel will last a few
hours and the readers can enjoy the novel with a calm breeze… you must
remember those days when you used to read George Eliot in an idle day
and just feeling relaxed. Lamchwa is not a fancy tale; it’s not a
vampire’s diary nor it is a Harry Potter’s Wonderland and neither the la
la land of modern authors. The novelist has shown that stories about
common human beings and a simple plot can also make the novel wonderful.
Amidst the plain tale of Lamchwa, there are full many things which a
novel should have – pathos, conflict, emotions and a message, most
importantly. If one goes deeper, Pynhun’s research discloses that the
river has almost been polluted completely because of the mining and
there should be a balance between our needs and nature’s. So, there is
an ecocritical angle as well…
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