Labyrinth by Udayan Majumbar

                                     

                                                       

                                              Acknowledgment

           That day I was starving , having no book in hand to savour with. my brain was almost sobbing, and I couldn’t handle it anymore. I anxiously rushed to the higginbothams, I was fooling around, looking for something down to earth, something into which I could melt, leaving behind the dead monotonous academic schedule.Then did I came across ‘The Labyrinth’ , the title lured me to hold it ,and the cover page was exceptionally good. The palpable feel of holding the book couldn’t stop me from having it . That’s how I fell for it………….

Plot(from the back cover)

          Woven around relationships, memory and desire, The Labyrinth is a haunting account of Sudipto, who, having awakened to the magic of a reclusive forest estate, forges a life-long bond with the faraway retreat, its genial owner Dadu, and his granddaughter Mrinalini. But each of these relationships must clear the tests of time and destiny, and as Sudipto is buffeted by events he has no control over, he seeks refuge in memory of these treasured old bonds. Yet when the past comes back to reclaim him in a way he never imagined, Sudipto resists it with all his might, and in a moment of blind fury commits a crime of passion that seals his fate forever. Lyrical and sensitive, told with humour and compassion, The Labyrinth is the unusual love story of a dreamer who wakes up to the persistence of memory and the insidiousness of desire.

                      

                                             My insights

The story is about sudipto and his myriad of thoughts and emotions . He loves mrinalini, more than his life but life seems to be rude at him . The protagonist is a little sissy ,traditional and down to earth ,assuming everything to be granted. It’s the sobbing story of love, beautifully narrated in the backdrop of nature. The story takes many unexpected moves and finally it’s sudipto by his willing destiny makes his life.

                          Words on the author

Hats Off to his literary excellence . The author has taken care to meet the subtle nuances of english literature. Since I am too young into reading , I had a trouble in following the different phrases and very fresh vocabulary , as I passed on I enjoyed it , The whole book is smothered into a backdrop of nature, the exquisitely good description of nature is the one I liked the most . There are many phrases in the book , still unraveled ….I wish to give it another read , because there is much more to learn …..than to just read it as a story ………..