By Tarun Tejpal
It shocked me to find a book with so much sex.. that I have never seen so much conceptualisation of sex in my life. The protagonist is a writer, that describes the writing of his own novel while he describes his obsessive mutual sensual relationship with his wife falling apart. Going back and forth into the past and the present, he describes the way one woman captured his intrest for nearly a decade n a half.
What one can appreciate about this novel is that in the very first line of the book the author states his purpose his focus clearly... "Love is not the greatest glue between two people. Sex is." You can expect the rest of the novel to live up to this sentence (or attempt to in most instances). Another thing that a reader tends to notice his raw expression, his lack of euphemism where one would expect it.
It sometimes is hard to keep the pace going. The tension between two people and the dynamics of a relationship are unrealistic and unbelievable at the verybest. Its a novel that focuses less on the rest of the world and more about the connection between two people. It takes some real concentration to follow the rif raffing plotlines and temporal relationships of whats happening and when.
The story tries to achieve too much and establishes nothing.
1.5 stars. [**---]
Other reviews: Asian, RedHotCurry, MouthShut, Nilanjana
It shocked me to find a book with so much sex.. that I have never seen so much conceptualisation of sex in my life. The protagonist is a writer, that describes the writing of his own novel while he describes his obsessive mutual sensual relationship with his wife falling apart. Going back and forth into the past and the present, he describes the way one woman captured his intrest for nearly a decade n a half.
What one can appreciate about this novel is that in the very first line of the book the author states his purpose his focus clearly... "Love is not the greatest glue between two people. Sex is." You can expect the rest of the novel to live up to this sentence (or attempt to in most instances). Another thing that a reader tends to notice his raw expression, his lack of euphemism where one would expect it.It sometimes is hard to keep the pace going. The tension between two people and the dynamics of a relationship are unrealistic and unbelievable at the verybest. Its a novel that focuses less on the rest of the world and more about the connection between two people. It takes some real concentration to follow the rif raffing plotlines and temporal relationships of whats happening and when.
The story tries to achieve too much and establishes nothing.
1.5 stars. [**---]
Other reviews: Asian, RedHotCurry, MouthShut, Nilanjana
