A Guy on the Sidewalk
-- Bharath Krishna
It's a self-narrated story of a guy, as ordinary as the title sounds. Just another guy on the sidewalk. What makes it interesting is the connect that one can make with the protagonist.
-- Bharath Krishna
It's a self-narrated story of a guy, as ordinary as the title sounds. Just another guy on the sidewalk. What makes it interesting is the connect that one can make with the protagonist.
A smart but not studious guy; His friendship with a girl in college, which he was not sure how to handle; A routine, mediocre, boring and unplanned career, which he couldn't take for too long; His reluctance to go with the flow; His eccentricity in taking every major decision in life; Introspection at the back of his mind, without a pause; Being devoid of irrational fears that usually keep one from straying - that pretty much sums up the story.
I particularly liked the relationship between Jay, the protagonist and Siri, a single mother who had been through a bad patch and appears to be living a reclusive life, for people who get judgmental too soon. Also, the friendship between Jay and Venkat, his childhood friend, is so realistic that I could establish a connect with it, instantly.
Though the story is largely event-less and highly predictable, I loved the simple and yet gripping narration. I felt as if I was listening to a long lost friend narrating his story, where I don't mind excruciating details. This might be partially due to the author being a good friend of mine in Agricultural college. As I read somewhere, first time authors tend to bring a lot of auto-biographical elements into their book. This being the first book by Bharath, he too might have done a bit of that. If that's the case, it only made it better!
