Crush (A Review)continue...
Book title: Crush. 50 poems by annie zaidi, illustrated by gynelle alves. JAICO Books. Price: Rs. 150
Every now and again you meet a book which you fall in love with at first sight. It happened to me just yesterday with a diminutive little volume of poems called Crush. Books should not be judged by their covers but when the volume claims to be an illustrated one then perhaps you can be forgiven the transgression. The 4 inch by 4 inch slim, square volume with its awry red heart motif against a bold marigold coloured background, does seem to beckon you to own it and love it.
First question: Where I can find this book? Is it out in bookshops or is that a reviewer's copy you have?
Your reading experience sounds uniformly good. But that rarely ever happens to me. Was there any place where you felt could have been even better? What other work would you say it is similar or closest to, (so I can bracket it mentally)?
Aparna
(This is by far the stupidest thing I've ever written on this forum)
