A Triptych

A Triptych presents three intense narratives set in the distinctly diverse yet paradoxically convergent worlds. Tailing the trajectory of some very unusual bonds: a scavenger, living off the street, rejoicing in his dark life, covertly watching from his post a desolate painter whose life is no more than a blank canvas. A common fascination for the unknown connects their lives, and startling secrets are waiting to be unmasked…; a young girl, city-bred girl on a visit to her native village to finalise the sale of common ancestral property is drawn to a neglected ’statue’ staring unblinkingly at the horizon, perhaps astigmatic like Van Gogh, maybe an artist and a philosopher slowly defining the vision…; a little boy from a sleepy hamlet with a disturbing past and an insignificant present discovers an unusual and enigmatic visitor, who he ‘adopts’ as his own, courting some unforgettable experiences that distill haunting memories for a lifetime…What makes this collection of three novellas a triptych is the intriguing carryover, from one narrative to another, of an intense mystery that not only negotiates unexpected twists but also defies the reader’s imagination, each time, with an atypical denouement.