The last surge
Author:
Pramit
Sarkar
Publisher:
Gargi
Publishers
Rating:
4/5
Summary
“The last surge” is a story plotted
in the streets of Kotkata. Gabriel, the protagonist, is a dab hand at playing football.
The female lead is Rimi, who is an orphan, but lives with her aunt. Gabriel
falls in love with Rimi during his quest of finding out the person who hid his
shoes during the final tournament of football and eventually loaded the dice
against him. The elegance and the magnificence of Rimi makes him fall head over
heels in love with her, at the first sight. And Gabriel is taken unawares when
Rimi reciprocates the same feelings for him as well. But love is always a
mystery- sometimes glorious and sometimes painful. The tables are turned when
Rimi decides to marry someone else, leaving behind Gabriel, at the altar. The thorns
of betrayal suck out life from Gabriel, each day, unless he finds solace for
his yearning heart, by adopting a daughter (Sneha) and deciding to stay
bachelor lifelong. He leaves football and instead becomes a relationship counselor.
Such is the irony of life.
Probably Gabriel thinks that
things will be easier after deciding to move on. But who knew what life had in
store for him. When his sister, Esabelle, narrates the story of his long lost
love to his beloved daughter, her daughter decides to find Rimi, for her father
and get the answers from her. Lo and behold, Gabriel meets Rimi in his office
but thing get heated up. He surrenders to destiny with fate accompli. And in
the attempt to avenge the treason meted out to him, he meets with such an end
that is blissful in its own sense.
My
opinion
The novella is a bodice
ripper set in the land of Bengal. The theme is appealing. The characters are
crafted very well. Somewhere the climax of the story resembles the climax of
the Bollywood movie, “Raanjhaana”. None-the-less the depiction of relationships
is impeccable. The story gives an insight into the relationship shared by an
adopted child, with her father and that is ethereal. Love is unpredictable, it makes you realize
how weak you are and how strong you can be. The love struck protagonist,
Gabriel, is successfully able to grab the attention of the readers such that
they feel connected to the story. It is always said that a women is the only
creation of God that has the ability to fit into different roles of life,
perfectly. But Gabriel proves this saying wrong. A perfect brother who caters
to the needs of her sister- emotionally, psychologically and mentally; a
perfect father who cherry picks the opportunites for his adopted daughter and
tries to make life, a bed of roses, for her; a die-hard romantic who continues
to suffer through the pangs of betrayal even though there is a chance to move
on and have a life of his own. On the contrary, the female protagonist, Rimi,
has been portrayed as the person who is all things to all people and believes in
calling a spade a spade. The author has put forward a balancing act in
sketching the character of these two people.
Overall, a delightful story!
Buy
this book at:
Link (Amazon India): http://www.amazon.in/The-Last-Surge-Pramit-Sarkar/dp/9384382051/
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