![]() ![]() It’s a very matter-of-fact narration and that is exactly what will reach inside you and shake your very core. That’s not to say that this is a sad book. I read Swimming in the Dark in June and it’s taken me a long, long time to write this review, because every time I think of this book, my heart breaks and my eyes fill up. Not just for the gift, but because the story itself punched its way into my very soul. And this push came to me through a book, a proof copy of which made its way to me from the publisher, Bloomsbury India, and for which I will be eternally grateful. I’m not ashamed to admit this, because now, I know what to look for, and I will consciously make an effort to read and learn more about this. The ringing answer that comes to me is: I don’t know. How do we learn about all this? Which books do we turn to? Do we have enough such books to enlighten us? ![]() How people’s lives are affected, not only in the way they live their daily lives, but also ideologically, what their perspectives are, and where their loyalties lie. But we don’t stop to understand the circumstances that built up to it or the effect of war in the ensuing periods. ![]() ![]() When we think of war, we think of when it started and when it ended, what caused it to start and what caused it to end, and the casualties that each party suffered throughout the period. Thank you, Bloomsbury India, for sending me a proof copy of this smashingly beautiful book! ![]()
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