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Cocktail: Short Stories about Relationships (English, Paperback, Vikram Karve)

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Vikram Karve

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Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Apk Publishers
ISBN: 9788191091847, 8191091844
Edition: 1stEdtition, 2011
Pages: 192

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Cocktail: Short Stories about Relationships is an anthology of heartwarming and touching stories penned down by bestselling Indian author, Vikram Karve.

Summary of the Book

Cocktail is an amazing collection of short stories about relationships. Every relationship is an intricate mélange of feelings and emotions. Just like each cocktail has a distinctive taste and flavor, each of the twenty-seven stories in this collection is different in its own way. The stories explore fascinating aspects of contemporary relationships like love, romance, sex, betrayal, marriage and parenting. Readers will have the most amazing time reading these riveting stories narrated in an engaging style.

About Vikram Karve

Vikram Karve is an Indian author and a retired Naval Officer. He completed his education from IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune. He has published two books – Cocktail and Appetite for a Stroll. He is currently working on his novel and is based out of Pune where he stays with his family and his pet dog, Sherry.

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2011

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Vikram Karve

Ratings & Reviews

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This is a very interesting book. The stories are unique in the way human relationships are. The unpredictability of humans is captured perfectly in each story. Each story demonstrates a very different side of the mind and the way people think. A very different and unique book. Like its name its a true cocktail that captures the human spirit.

Deepti Nagarkar

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Nov, 2011

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A very good book to read when u feel lonely and want a friend...

Read the book to recall the past relationships/special someone/those unforgettable moments.

The book will make u smile,surprised & may be u will recommend it to someone else.

And especially i loved the short story titled " Dating and mating"
was the best.

Santosh Govindraju

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Jun, 2012

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My review

There is an element of the funny and the wicked in this book. Take the instance of ‘Absence makes the Heart Grow Fonder’; it is a reflection of a marriage and relationship of convenience. To think of it, it is stark, yet it has an element of something disturbing and shallow. ‘The Miscalculation’ leaves a reader stunned. ‘The Opposite of Love’ is funny and witty too. One would really trip on the last sentence of this story – ‘The opposite of love is indifference’. ‘Lovedale’ is a poignant tale...

Rahul Patil

Feb, 2013

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brilliant , all the 25 short stories could be made as short films which would make the audience dumb stuck with awes..

prem

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May, 2014

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good stories with strong content ..

if you are a fiction reader ( chetan bhagat types ) ...then its a must..refreshing one with good collection of short stories with most of them having an unexpected and sometimes shocking end.

good time paas one read book.

Ashish Aggarwal

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Feb, 2013

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Complete waste of Time and Money

I think people should not waste other people's time in name of good stories. Every story seemed to be something like an effort given to start but more effort is given to finish. With every story it seemed that one had to take extra effort to reach the end. Some stories were felt to be copied from some year 90's movies and some were seemed to be copied from daily SOPs.

Ankitt Gaur

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Jan, 2012

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Frankly, I have not read a book worse than this one. After reading every story , I wanted to throw the book away. Finally, had to give up midway as I thought this was a total time waste. Not even a single story was worth it!

Disha Chhabra

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Nov, 2011

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