Hi guys, I know it's almost been a month that I had not uploaded any video but But the lockdown was really hitting me hard There was so much of work to do at home and I was also reading a lot I have finished more than five books in this last one month and I was writing a lot as well So do expect a few books coming out hopefully some time soon Today I'm gonna talk about the latest Salman Rashidi book which was released last year Salman Rashidi the writer, respected by many but fewer pick up his books actually to read them His books are generally considered very complex and Difficult and tough to read which is usually because of his complex sentence formations and the kind of a cablery he uses I just finished reading Kishok as the author wants it to be pronounced and this book Maybe a little tough to read but it is not because of the kind of sentence formation or the vocabulary that this book uses It is definitely a book which I would want people to read but at the same time I would also say that this is not a very easy read it's gonna test your patience. It's gonna linger. It's gonna Get boring in places So pick it up prepared But it's definitely a book which has a lot to say and people should read it on the outset It's a story about a writer who is writing a character who imagines another character who is his son So if you look at it, it's Salman Rashidi writing about a character who is writing about Another character who imagines another character. So it's one thing connected to another to another to another And also what happens is that the author in the novel is finding a lot of answers about his life through the characters that he's writing and imagining So you also get the feeling that the author of the book Salman Rashidi may be experimenting with that idea as well The whole setup sounds very interesting and it kind of promises a very fast-paced fantastical storyline But what happens is as the book progresses There are so many things happening around the book which are a complete total reflection of the times that we are living in that this whole plot line Somehow starts to fade and the reader also might complain that one doesn't get enough of a build up every time when something new happens the book reads like fantasy at times and it reads like science fiction at times and because the writer is writing a book it thinks to feel jumpy as well But that kept aside the kind of statements the book is making and the kind of ideas that the book talks about is something which I think we all need to understand and learn there are so many passages which are marked in the book The book is laden with the with the times that I have put it But there's one particular passage which I would like to read out for you guys and the passage goes like this Maybe this was the human condition to live in site fictions created by untruths or to be withholding of actual truths Maybe human life was truly fictional in that sense that those who lived it didn't understand it wasn't real So you do understand how complicated the sentences and the syntax may get at times But what this book tries to say is something which definitely needs to be heard I took a very long time to finish this book. I think I dragged it almost for a year But at the end of it I would say that I was thoroughly satisfied after reading the book because it does have this quality of staying with you long after You're finnicked. There are so many tiny little bits here and there which which just talks about basic philosophies of life Which somehow or the other will definitely connect to you and definitely touch you if you've not read this book Pick it up try see how you respond to it and if you've read it I would love to know how you liked it and what was your take home from this book. Thanks for watching guys. See you soon