BOOK
TITLE: Surrogate
Author
ABOUT
THE AUTHORS: Santosh
Avvannavar, Shilpa Patil
ISBN: 9789383701155
FORMAT: Paper back and Ebook
BOOK
SUMMARY:
Who
is Authdas?
I
wondered how difficult it is for a woman to be a surrogate mother irrespective of
the objective. Writing few books have taught - true Devdas are authors. If
authors' adopt similar concept of surrogacy than book can evolve. We have many
examples to quote, Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and others that symbolise
the surrogacy of continue doing movie irrespective of critics, and box office
result. Authdas is Author das!
Plot
of Authdas character: I taught if Authdas (booklorn -book sick) as Devdas
(lovelorn -love sick), whose love is write a novel, Paro. Authdas needs some
inspiration to write Paro and if that inspiration was Chandramukhi, how the
story would be?
Story
of Surrogate Author: Keeping the above plot, I looked into various movies - few
movies that often people continue to enjoy are Devdas, Sholay and DDLJ. Keep
those baseline into mind Surrogate Author book was written. The book is inline
with Devdas. I assume that people, who love devdas would perhaps relate and
link to Authdas. I thank Sanjay Leela Bhansali for giving an visually stunning
movie, Devdas.
BOOK
REVIEW:
Surrogate
author is the shortest book you would have read in recent times that qualifies
as a complete story. It is an amazingly short drama description of an author’s
struggles to publish a book.
The
first thing that will attract you to the book is its cover. It will bowl you
over with its cuteness. So this gets a special mention in this review. The
second is the list of characters. This will surely set the mood for the story.
And if you do get confused in the middle (of this very short story) you could always
go here and check out if you are not getting the people mixed up! The
description of the time period like ‘0th month’ (in an effort to
make it look like a pregnancy facsimile) is laugh inducing.
The
actual story is a drama between an author, his muse, the book, the villains
(here, I will let you read the book to understand who they actually are) all
explained in an alternative universe much like ‘Devdas’. Here ‘Authdas’ the
author, is devdas, and the book he wants to write, his ‘Paro’. Now imagine who
the villains might be! If you are a fan of offbeat humour and haven’t ever
tried the drama style books (except for mandatory skits and lessons in school
English literature class) go for this one.
The
short book contains a full story and an even better ending. Filled with
humorous dialogues in the main story, this also has ‘The idea to manuscript’
page that is a must read for wannabe authors. It is the shortest instruction
set you will find on how to draft a manuscript. And of course, you could use
the ‘draft here’ pages to write out your first manuscript ideas, much like I
have done!
Adherence
to summary: Oh yeah, if you know this book is about ‘Authdas’, who is our
version of ‘Devdas’, the rest is a journey unto itself.
Plot
– what do you consider a plot in a story about a story? But still, it is there!
Language
– is smooth enough. Contractions in name and vernacular references best enjoyed
if you know the original of which this story is obviously a spoof.
VERDICT:
If you like drama, go for this. If you like your humour to be a bit mature, you
would nod your head in most places.
RATING
: 3.8/5
ABOUT
THE AUTHORS:
Santosh
Avvannavar:
Santosh
started his career as a consultant and Soft Skills Trainer. After his college
education from NITK, Surathkal, he worked as a researcher at University of
Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He
was also the Placement President while working at IISC, Bangalore. He has over
twenty-five publications of mostly research documents in national and international
journals. He has also authored sixteen conference papers and regularly writes
articles for a national and worldwide daily paper. He also works as an advisor
for different organizations. He also dabbles in fiction writing and is the
author of Adhuri Prem Kahaniya; Dear Wife, Your Husband is not a Superhero; Second
Heart; Get a Job WITHOUT an Interview and Be a B.A. He likes to devote his
personal time in writing for a blog, namely the Amrita Foundation for HRD (amritafoundation.wordpress.com).
He has conducted seminars and training sessions for more than 35,000 people in
India and abroad over the last seven years.
Shilpa
S Patil:
Shilpa
is a faculty at KSWU, Bijapur. She holds Master's degree in commerce from
Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur and Bachelor's degree in commerce
from A.S.Patil college of commerce, Bijapur. She likes to devote her personal
time writing for a blog, namely the Shilpa Goldy and the blog can be read at
shilpagoldy.wordpress.com
BOOK
LINKS:
Kindle:
Rs. 99 for Kindle
Paperback:
Rs. 166 for Paperback
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