Boimela Picks: ‘A Surprisingly Great Read!’

Book: বাতাস পরিবর্তনের গল্প ও অন‍্যান‍্য (The Story of the Change of Wind and Others)

Writer: Wasim Subhan Choudhury

Genre: Short-Stories/Fiction

Dedicated to:  Those who will read this book

Target Reader: Adult

Publisher: Agrodoot & Co. (Book Fair Stall#362)

1st Published: February 2017

©: Writer

Cover: Mostafiz Karigor

Price: 160/- (At Book Fair: approx. 120/-)

ISBN: 978-984-91174-1-4

By adding 'Surprisingly' before 'Great Read', I'm NOT in anyway trying to imply that good work is not expected from this writer. In fact, there were no expectations whatsoever – at all from Wasim Subhan Choudhury!

Being a huge fan of short-stories – which makes me scrutinize them more, I have infact just discovered Mr Choudhury as a writer. His book has only hit the stands less than a week ago at the Boimela 2017, and this is his first ever compilation of short-stories or any other kind of fictional works.

Photo: Collected

In this era of 'novels sell only', its depressing, trying to look for compilations of short stories every year on Ekushey Boimela. One finds just a handful and they end up being very mediocre. Where short-stories nred more time construct, most of them are always written in a hurry.

This book, however, is definitely for the mature readers. Within the eleven stories, the writer changes settings of the stories- from sociopolitical references to feelings of raw revenge.  A young man Tahmid from Bogura, who wants to become the winner of a TV Channel Reality Show and become Dhaka's number 1 artist, but so does Mili. There is of course only one winner. So do they both win, or do they lose -- maybe much more than the competition.

There are 10 more stories with a variety of plots and twists. Grab the book now!

Anik Khan is a Poet and Journalist.