Glaring Shadow - A stream of consciousness novel
BS Murthy
ISBN 81-901911-2-8
Copyright © 2014 BS Murthy
Cover design of Gopi's water color painting by Lattice Advertisers, Hyderabad.
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Hyderabad - 500 020
Other free ebooks by BS Murthy
Benign Flame - Saga of Love
Jewel-less Crown - Saga of Life
Crossing the Mirage - Passing through youth
Prey on the Prowl (A Crime Novel)
Of No Avail - Web of Wedlock
Stories Varied - A Book of Short Stories
Onto the Stage - Slighted Souls and other stage and radio plays
Puppets of Faith: Theory of Communal Strife (A Critical appraisal of Islamic faith, Indian polity 'n More)
Inane Interpolations in Bhagvad-Gita (An Invocation for their Revocation)
Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of self - help (A translation in verse)
Sundara Kanda - Hanuman's Odyssey (A translation in verse)
Blurb of this book
In a stream of consciousness mode, this is the self-account of the life and times of a man, who liquidates his immense wealth only to consign it to the flames.
The agony and ecstasy of his life as he makes it big in our materialistic world and the way he loses his soul in the bargain, only to regain it when tragedy strikes him makes one ponder over the meaning of success in life.
This philosophical 'novel of a memoir' is a compelling read that is conducive to contemplate about the nature and scope of human relationships.
Chapter Titles
Chapter 1: Glaring Shadow
Chapter 2: Pains of Regret
Chapter 3: Cradle of Life
Chapter 4: Outlook for Re-look
Chapter 5: Humbling Reality
Chapter 6: Orgies of Love
Chapter 7: Pangs of Remorse
Chapter 8: Villainy of Innocence
Chapter 9: Couple of a Kind
Chapter 10: A Character of Sorts
Chapter 11: Moments of Poignance
Chapter 12: Enigma of Being
Chapter 13: Vignettes of a Village
Chapter 14: A Teacher of Note
Chapter 15: Brink of Incest
Chapter 16: Love-less Love
Chapter 17: Flights of Heart
Chapter 18: Gaffes of Youth
Chapter 19: Pats and Slights
Chapter 20: An Emotional Affair
Chapter 21: The Harlot Zone
Chapter 22: A Lingering Longing
Chapter23: Smallness of Bigness
Chapter24: Disown to Own
Chapter 25: Sentiment of Ruin
Chapter 26: Enigma of Attraction
Chapter 27: Veneer of the Vile
Chapter 28: Swap for Nope
Chapter 29: Goring Syndrome
Chapter 30: Back to the Basics
Dedicated to,
Sekhu, my elder boy for his literary course correction of this 'stream of consciousness' work to which I had lent some of my life and times.