PaperbackLanguage: English(Originally Bengali)
Author: Satyajit Ray
Translator: Lila Ray
This is a novel by Satyajit Ray the great film maker from Bengal, India.
This one is a poignant story of a 12 year old affluent kid who is kidnapped for ransom. The kidnap attempt goes haywire as the kidnappers crash their car and the kid escapes with minor external injuries but a major one internally, loss of memory. The boy who has lost his memory calls himself Phatik, afraid that he might have broken some law and hence be a person wanted by police he runs into oblivion and happens to meet a juggler Harun.
Harun-da takes Phatik under his wing and finds him a job in a restaurant owned by his friend. And there comes the twist in the story, the kidnappers spot Phatik in the restaurant. And Phatik without knowing why they are after him runs from them with the help of Harun-da. What happens next is the novel.
The characterization and the narrative are amazing. You feel like you are looking at a storyboard and not reading a novel. The relationship between the boy and Harun-da, the juggler is the heart of the novel and is handled beautifully by Mr Ray.
A short novel of 112 pages which you can’t put down without finishing it.
Super Read of monumental propositions !!
Most recommended.
PS: This novel was later made a feature film by Sandip Ray, Satyajit’s son.
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