The Extra in Ordinary by Ashutosh Marathe

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The Extra in Ordinary 

by Ashutosh Marathe

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My Ratings 4.4/5

Synopsis
“Stories lived yet untold,
Are worth their weight in gold,
To those with eyes willing to see,
The Extra in Ordinary”
The true stories that live within may be forgotten.
Or immortalized.
The decision rests entirely with you.

My Thoughts
Not many people know Ashutosh Marathe, since The Extra in Ordinary is a debut book by Ashutosh and what an amazing debut I must say , with love, suffering, sympathy integrity, the lead story from her debut collection, surprising maturity, and reveals a powerful new voice that deserves recognition ... Ashutoshs stories crackle with tension in the desert heat ... The plots of each story are inventive and irresistible ... Most of the stories are soaked in a emotional haze, frenetically compelling, and somehow chockfull of memorable characters and scenes that linger for just the right amount of time. If The Extra in Ordinary  has a drawback, it’s that several of the stories feel slightly redundant...But Ashutosh’ voice is so fully formed and riveting that even doubling back on previous thematic territory is exciting. With this debut, he’s beginning a legacy all his own. 

Overall a magnificent debut collection ... There is a great deal of comfort to be found in the stories of The Extra in Ordinary because they are filled with heart and sorrow, loneliness and longing. There is a quiet wisdom to Ashutoshs’ writing ... Though the stories are flushed with emotions and suffused with thwarted desires, they also carry hope. No matter how suffocating the circumstances of each story, Ashutoshs finds a way to offer the reader a breath of fresh air, a moment of possibility to hold onto, and it is those moments of possibility that sharpen The Extra in Ordinary.

While reading this book readers will share in the environs of the author and his characters, be taken into the hardship of a pitiless place and emerge on the other side — wiser, warier and weathered like the landscape.

Highly Recommended!

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