The First Storyteller
The First Storyteller
Author: Varun Gwalani
Desc: Experience a fresh new unique voice in Indian Literature through Varun Gwalani's "The First Storyteller" which beautifully subverts stereotypes and conventions to bring out the essence of the story behind all stories... "On the other side of the villages was the vast infinite Forest. It was the land of mystery lore and legend and I had always been drawn to it...When my eyes alighted on it everything came together once more. I knew what I had to do. I needed to leave. I needed to dream. I was going to be a revolutionary simply now because I had that eternal currency that all revolutions deal in: Hope." Unhappy with the stifling monotony of everyday life a storyteller decides to leave everything behind. The First Storyteller recounts the incredible and transformative journey that the storyteller embarks upon. Through a wide variety of styles and genres the book draws upon the very idea of stories to bring to you a unique tale that is simultaneously funny tragic and hopeful. It brings to the forefront the emotional turmoil of a deeply conflicted individual and in the end the question becomes not what is at the end of the Path but whether the person who starts the journey would be the same as the one who ends it.