Book review - Palpasa café

Many people criticized Palpasa Café as it does not contain tradition way of writing and did not like it because of the popularity of the writer. Narayan Wagle the writer of the Palpasa Café is a journalist of the daily newspaper Kantipur and people say he got award for this book because of his popularity as a journalist. I don’t know it may be true. But any ways I liked the book because it contains the simple language which is easy to understand and Nepal’s present situation, and after all it contains emotional love story and modern characterization.

The story does not contain traditional way of writing because it is based on the characters of modern age that never use literature in language and often used English phrases and informal way of communication. I am not sure whether this story is based on real story but the story no where seems like a fiction. Every thing the story explains could be the reality but may not be of the single person. I appreciate the opening and the ending of the story. It was wonderful. It was really unpredictable and the love story was nice though it was not focused much. The story focused much on Nepal’s situation based on maoist condition and he successfully linked it with the love story.

During every conversation between Drishya and Palpasa (the leading character of the story), I can feel their presence in the reality. They could be anyone among those who are seen traveling on the street of New road, Thamel or Kingsway every day. The death of Palpasa and disappearance of Drishya is just the symbolic representation. There may be many more that had died and disappeared in such a way.

I never liked the tragic story in which the leading characters die at the end. But Palpasa café is the exception. When I heard about translation of Palpasa Café in English I recalled the story again. I wish to see Palpasa Café as a movie and I am sure it will be a successful movie.