Life in a rectangle or rather LIAR as the
author refers to it, is a wonderful narrative penned down by Sujit Sanyal- it's
author. Going down the lane of memories is something most people love doing but
penning them down so beautifully is something, only a powerful author like
Mr.Sanyal can do. A hardbound book with bold colors and wonderful pages made me
fall for the book at first glance. And more so, I believe the title gives its
much needed feel. A non-fiction I felt at first, this book is one worth read
book as one turns the pages.
According to the blurb- Author Sujit Sanyal rambles down the memory
lane in his candid memoir and narrates some revealing, some intriguing and
other wacky stories about the advertising world from his Clarion days, his
first agency, which he joined as a trainee and whose Kolkata branch he later
went on to head.
I can very well say that this one of the
best non-fiction memoir I have read till date. A memoir on Mr.Sanyal’s time in
the advertising world is filled with accounts old and new. Any reader could
connect to every word written there even if they do not know the abc of
advertising. Being a Bengali and that too based in Kolkata, the places, the
names of people and a few Bengali words used in the book gives me this feeling
of home-coming which very few books have given me till date.
Apart from that, I felt that the narrating
style Mr.Sanyal has chosen gives the reader a very perfect and smooth flow to
go on with. The chapter divisions were short and crisp and that would make the
book an even easier read. The author had the talent of keeping the readers
gripped into the novel and I want to congratulate the author for doing so.
Mr.Sanyal has chosen very wisely about what all to include in the book and what
not and have given a dose of everything in the book.
The tenure of the author from being an
employee to the head of the company was a ride too nice. Numerous kinds of
people were involved and the fact being this one real life memoir gave in
itself a feeling of nostalgia. The people of that time seem to actually live in
front of your eyes once you read the book. The characters come alive in the book
and that is one affect that the author keeps for a long time.
Inspite of all these interesting facts,
lesser known things and a wonderful writing style I think that the book is not
meant for every age of people to read. The teenagers might not like the book
owing to the topic it has been written upon but on the other hand the people a
bit elder to them might relish this book with an evening tea in hand, being
nostalgic at the days they had left back and moved on in life.
The book is not
only about advertising, it is about much more and the all in all feel of the
book adds to the charm of it. I would like to congratulate the author for
writing such a wonderful book and would wait for many others to come specially
something targeted to the fiction loving audience. For me, the book is a 4.5
out of 5.
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