Collect The Narrow Road To Palem Developed By Sharath Komarraju Issued As Textbook

at his spookiest best,

not only are the stories good and spooky but the climax of this series shocks you and surprises you,

After reading the laststories, i felt that i would now have to go back and read all the earlier stories all over again : and i will surely do it again.
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i will easily recommend this one to anyone who would like a little spoook in life, . . After reading "The Puppeteers of Palem", I really wanted to read more of the eerie stories of Palem, This book contains amazingly woven spooky tales by Sharath Komarraju! Some of the stories really gives you the chills! If one enjoys these stories, the novel "Puppeteers, . . " is a MUST read! Waiting for more stories, novels based on Palem : Mind gripping

Each of the stories have an inner dark deep connection,making the reader wonder beyond the written words.
. I got involved so much that I started enquiring my friends from Andhra that if there is a town called Rudrakshapalem, Would recommend myself to read again, . Once you start reading the book you obviously have got something in mind because of the author's reputation of writing marvellous novels, However, this one did not meet the expectations, Though it is suppose to give you chills as the same has been written with a mysterious and a horror perspective but it comes out to be not that great.
Plus the first point where this book is lacking that it is still not available in a paperback format, For the readers who like their book as a physical format will not much appreciate the kindle version of it, All in all, a one time read,

To know the author's best works read Winds of Hastinapur or Crows of Agra and you will jump to applaud him, This book is a good read, all of the short stories have a nice flow to them, While reading

them you get a feeling of being in a village in Rayalseema area of Andhra, Only criticism would be certain degree of similarity in each of the stories, So the later stages stories can get a bit boring, Overall its a good book, So good! Such a satisfying read! Reading in horror genre is new to me, I really enjoyed this short stories collection by Sharath set in 'Rudrakshapalem', a village on the bank of river Godavari, Palem is everything you don't wish for a village: gloomy, eerie atmosphere, presence of ghosts, But, you will long remember Palem after reading this, Some stories are for memory : The book was a different read, as I do not read ghost stories generally, However, the simplicity of the stories was touching, There was a touch that you often find in the books of RK Narayan, Ruskin Bond, and even Sudha Murthy, though I'm not that big a fan of Mrs.
Murthy's writing style. But the fact remains that Sharath's characters, as well as his places, are very real, The funny part, in retrospect, is that you are able to identify with most of the ghosts even,

The book has a couple of stories which may sound similar, but now that it's over, it feels like quite a variety of stories, considering they were all related to ghosty stuff.
Take the scary house tour by devouring this book of short story collection namely, 'The Narrow Road to Palem'

I don't know the author personally, so please don't think I'm exaggerating his work.
From an objective point of view, I can assure you that you will make a constructive use of time by reading these spooky stories as the ending of each story leaves you with a twinge of eeriness.

I agree even though we are intimidated by famous writers to pen reviews lauding their works, there are times when some writers are comparatively less known due to ignorance of the reader community.
They don't try new books of budding writers as they feel they should stick to their favourite authors,

After reading this book, I encourage people to opt for contemporary Indian fiction and my faith in Indian English literature has been reaffirmed,
The fact is an amazingly written book like this needs to be recommended to as many people as possible, We need to urge people to read novels with a class,
The uniqueness to the book is that it is written in an RK Narayan style and I'm happy that young writers are bringing back the spirit of that legend.


I was surprised by the way Sharath Komaraju has handled the storytelling aspect with aplomb narration and characterization, Even though its horror, its not a cliche, every story in the book has an association with human psychology and is very much relatable, Its entertaining as well as thoughtprovoking, The horror is within us in the form of our insecurities and existential crises, Thats what the book says,

The practicalities of real life has been taken into consideration while creating these stories, for instance, Subbai's dilemma whether an ace of clubs card is the good luck charm behind his wealth or the curse behind his loss of loved ones to death.
He is in two minds whether he should discard a playing card just because of the unfortunate ongoings after its entrance into his life or keep it as it has brought a lot of prosperity ever since he chanced upon it.
The card has been effectively personified as the evil element and the writer has done justice to transforming an inanimate object into a pivotal character in the story.

The entire book isn't unrealistic fantasy inspite of having a supernatural underlying plot throughout the course of reading,

Switch of all the lights and read it in the night, well thats a dare which I cant do it, . .
Rudrakshapalem lies a few kilometers East of Godavari in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, At first glance, it looks like just another sleepy little village, But as you walk along its borders and peer into the lives of its people, you will find that deep within its breast are hidden some dark secrets.


In the temple compound roams a crazy man named Chander, He hugs a gold pendant and sings lullabies to it every night, What is his story
Subbarao, one of Palem's richest men, came up the hard way, having started life as the poor son of a snack seller, But what is the secret that gives him sleepless nights
A young couple dealing with loss stand in front of the road to Palem, and there is a seller of mirrors on the sidewalk, welcoming them in.
Will they heed his words, or will they run away
How much are happiness and peace worth to Rama Shastri, the priest of Palem's Shiva temple And to what extent will he go to ensure the wellbeing of his daughter

In these ten delightful stories, Sharath Komarraju takes you by the hand and gives you a fully guided tour of Palem and its people.
But don't fear, he will bring you back home safe and sound, long before it's dark, I'm not a fan of horror but boy, did I enjoy this book Wonderful stories that will have to at the edge of your seat! Note : This has been published in my blog sitelinkBook and Ink

Short stories seem to be the “in” thing in town these days.
Turns out this writer also caught up on this trend and managed to deliver a perfect book of horror stories,

Set in the fictitious village of Rudrakshapalem , the book is a collection of ten horror stories, All the stories have a paranormal element in play, Few of the stories were quite chilling while the others didnt manage to make such an impact, My personal favorites were “The Milk is Sour” A story which purely elaborates how guilt wrecks a person, “Peaceful are the Dead” A story that combines values and folklore.
One story which I couldnt understand at all was “The Sitarist of Palem” this story was a bit confusing, I felt the paranormal element at play wasnt well executed, One story that totally stood out was “Dear House” this story was narrated backward, As in,chronologically backward and completely spooked me at one point,

Overall, the way the writer built up the village piece by piece in all stories, reminded me of the village of Malgudi from the book of Malgudi Days by R.
K. Narayan, albeit a dark one, Obviously the writer managed to accomplish the intention of giving this eerie feel, Its been ages since I read a book of this genre, needless to say, the narration, the plot and the characterization were good enough for me to enjoy the book !

MY SAY: A simple book that packed a punch.


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