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INCANDESCENCE

by MEHREEN AHMED

"Radiating the Incandescent: Reading Ahmed and Remembering Tagore. Such beautiful and powerful expressions to communicate complex human emotions is indeed a rare find.“ -- Dr Modhura Banerjee Assistant Professor in English and Research Scholar of Cultural Studies, Jamini Mazumder Memorial College, Kolkata. "In a series of passages that read like vignettes, Ahmed gives us wonderful vivid prose inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s The Last Poem—Shesher Kobita. Ahmed says in her introduction to the book that “What’s important in this book is the exploitation of the characters to the extent of what to expect from life, in general, both philosophically and materialistically?” -- LB Sedlacek, poet, writer, critic and book reviewer--The Quiet Zone "Incandescence is absorbing throughout and is an illuminating glimpse into a rich and exotic culture adapting painfully to changing times.“ --Robin Levin, author of The Last Carthaginian. "Incandescence by Mehreen Ahmed is equal parts endearing, philosophical, and sentimental.“ --Meaghan Curley, author of Girl Repurposed. "The book is not without its flaws, but then, it is a complex and nuanced tale of flaws, personal and societal, with a main character who, makes her own choices and lives by them,--much like Labanya in Rabindranath Tagore’s The Last Poem—Sheher Kobita--and seen in that light, the book’s flaws become quibbles in view of some of the poetic lines the reader is enthralled by." -- Charles Freedom Long, award-winning author of Dancing with the Dead.