Monday, September 23, 2019

Circus Folks & Village Freaks

Book name:- Circus Folks & Village Freaks 
Author:- Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal


*Poetry is my favourite genre.  Reading good poems is like a  meditation for me . Circus Folks & Village Freaks  is among those most interesting poetry book i have ever read . While I was reading the book I couldn't stop myself from grinning and smiling. 
* This book contains 18 poems . Each poems in this book is a story told in a poetic manner.  Every poems in this book have surprising twist in it . The  author of the book left a message for her audience in its each poems . For example , there's  a poem name "Jeeva , The Elephant Man" (Poem 14) , that talks about the power of loving yourself.  Jeeva was laughed and mocked by the people because of his strange appearance but Jeeva when realised his unique body featues of looking like an Elephant Man he instead of getting sad started to love himself. After that even if someone mocked or laughed at him , he never cared because Jeeva started to love and appreciate himself. There are other such interesting poems which have interesting and twisted tales within it . 
*The most beautiful and enjoyable part was that all the poems are written in perfect rhyme . While going through each poem their was a constant smile on my face , even though some poems were sad but the writting style makes you feel complete the opposite.  
* The author of  the  book  Aparna Upadhyaya Sanyal is a recipient of the 14th  Beullah Rose Poetry Prize by Smartish Pace . She was shortlisted for the Third Coast Fiction Prize,  2018 . She is featured on the Masthead of the Songs of  Eretz Poetry Review as a Frequent Contributor.  A popular Spoken Word Poet , she performs at events across venues in India.  
* Overall the book awesome in my opinion.  If have to rate it , I will give it  5/5 stars . 


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