Note: This is only my initial views on the sample pages I
got of the book 'The Stopover - a Photo Fiction Book' authored by Ram Prakash and Deepa Pinto.
My first impression of the excerpts from the book that I read: Captivating!
I got to read sample pages from one of the stories from the book – ‘The
Tibetan Wheel of Wisdom’
I liked the intensity of the stories woven, the effortless
shift between Varun's personal life to the charming Ladakh valley to their
lifestyle and to the life and story of Tenzin's family and his grandfather from Tibet! The
narration is spot on and the ease with which the story shifts from one to
another is very laudable indeed. It simply captivates you and you are
transferred to that era.
I could not stop reading and the pictures in between relate
to the story and makes complete sense. (I just thought you could have used
bigger photos everywhere and probably a couple of the Tibetan settlement and
Tenzin's home as such. The photos from the fair are small and feel like cut off
in between). Still the photos narrate a story by themselves and are intriguing
enough to make the reader stop and take notice.
I didn't like the small cover photo (page 1 in pdf) and the
enlarged one in page 2 (looks asymmetrical and unnatural). I wish I could have
got the entire book to read and post the complete review.
All in all a brilliant effort!
A must read for the travelers, photographers and fiction
writers alike. An varied collection of intriguing, captivating and mesmerizing
tales from Tibet
to Channapatna to Ooty to Kolathur.
See the videos here for a sneak preview-
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