Author Interview : Sabarna Roy
Hello everyone,
Today I am going to introduce you to the author of 'Etchings of The First Quarter of 2020'
Let's start!
1- First of all introduce yourself to our readers.
I am a Senior Engineering Professional and a Literary Author of six books and the Lead Author of a Technical Book that has been translated into eight major European languages. I am a much-awarded Author and my books have been Bestsellers and have received critical acclaim. I have been covered by all the major National Media houses including Forbes India. I have a Wikipedia page.
2- Tell us something about your latest book 'Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020'.
Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020 comprises a novella and a poem cycle.
The novella, in the background is a sweetly evolving dialogue between a step-father and a step-daughter, and in the foreground it is a dissection of ideas pivoted around dualism of human life by discussing literary characters like, Lolita, Humbert Humbert, Anna Karenina, and Nikhilesh; thought-leaders like Hegel, Marx, and Heisenberg; political phenomena like, the Bolshevik Revolution; schizophrenia, love as an idea, and the secret love story of T S Eliot; and ecological phenomena like, marine conservation, and all of this is done in a unique way, almost as if we are engaged in a conversation with the author, to make us realize the plurality of life and accepting it to find peace and harmony in life.
The poem cycle is an anthology of 20 sharp edged poems that excite and thrill you as you are encapsulated in the whirlwind of the confrontations between the poet and his alter-ego.
3 - You have written 6 books, please throw some light on them.
Pentacles. Leadstart Publishing Private Limited. 2010. ISBN 978-9380154824.
Pentacles comprises one novella and four long narrative poems.
Frosted Glass. Leadstart Publishing Private Limited. 2011. ISBN 978-9381115091.
Frosted Glass comprises one story cycle consisting of 14 stories and one poem cycle consisting of 21 poems.
Abyss 1. Leadstart Publishing Private Limited. 2011. ISBN 978-9381115367.
Abyss is a full length play in two acts with an interval in between. It is essentially a crime thriller full of suspense.
Winter Poems 1. Leadstart Publishing Private Limited. 2013. ISBN 978-9382473718.
The poems contained in this collection, were inspired by the relatively mild season that prevails in Kolkata following the season of festivities, the Durga and Kali Puja, and portray myriad shades of human life.
Random Subterranean Mosaic 2012 - 2018 - Time frozen in myriad thoughts. Inkstate Books. 2019. ISBN 978-9352011988.
It is a kaleidoscope of random, yet structured to a pattern, fiction, semi-autobiographical, and autobiographical pieces, covering poems, short-shorts, opinions, observations, and conversations.
Roy, Sabarna (2020). Etchings of the First Quarter of 2020. Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd.
It comprises a novella and a poem cycle. The novella deals with dualism of life and the poem cycle is a duel between the poet and his alter-ego.
4 - Are all the books of same genre or different?
All my six literary books are of different genre.
5 - Which genre you enjoyed writing the most?
Writing conversations.
6 - Did you always want to become a writer?
It was in July 2007 that I wanted to be an author seriously.
7 - How do you handle negative feedback?
I keep myself insulated from praise or brick-bats. As an author, my job is to only write and write.
8 - Are you planning other books? How soon can your readers expect your next book?
In 2021 I plan to publish a book on the Pandemic.
9 - How has your journey as an author been so far?
It has been a learning and satisfying experience.
10 - Who is your favorite Indian and foreign author?
Among Indian authors it is R K Narayan and among foreign authors it is Orhan Pamuk.
11. What does your family think of your writing?
They are of course full of admiration!
12 - Any message for your readers?
Read more books and support and appreciate and critique living authors.
Thanks for reading.
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