2012 Nights  (English, Paperback, Rikhi Vipul)

Even though the book is categorized under short stories, it has a very strong central narrative that runs through these short stories and connects each to another. All tales in the book pivot around the narrator's crumbling life in the backdrop of the seemingly inevitable disintegration of the entire realm of existence. The drunk narrative sucks the reader into its hallucinatory vortex and relentlessly makes one confront the very real questions one would rather avoid. The imagery used is powe...

In Vipul Rikhi's recent work, 2012 Nights, the author brings it all into the mix: from historical and cultural criticism to explorations of the origins of mythology and spirituality, Rikhi leaves no stone unturned as he meditates on his protagonist's personal ruin as well as the inevitability and predetermination of civilization's ultimate failure!
In language both lyrical and metaphoric, the author spins and turns through a meandering narrative that attempts to provide a Cause-and-Effect re...