The quality of the pages is good and the font style, font size, page margins and alignments together make for a comfortable read. The book jacket is just beautiful and the hardbound cover makes it a collector’s item. One major reason for the book’s strong appeal to the reader is its gorgeously alluring cover. Expect a lot of family drama and some great perspectives coming straight out of those who are sometimes caught in the whirlwind of a revolution that they never asked for. Since the book is set in the backdrop of the Arab Spring of 2011, it can essentially be called a socio-political drama. What it sometimes lacks in pace is more than made up by its beautiful story and setting. It was later translated into English by Shahnaz Habib.Ĭontinue reading to know more about my thought on this book.īenyamin’s Jasmine Days is a book that will appeal to serious readers. Jasmine Days was first published in 2014 in Malayalam as Mullappoo Niramulla Pakalukal. I will soon pick up the other ones but since this review is going to talk about Jasmine Days, let’s just get on with the task on hand. Last month I took a mini-resolution to read all the books that were shortlisted for the JCB Prize and so far my score is a dismal 2 out of 5. I seriously don’t know the reason for this but it is so. I have never been more excited for any other literature prize as I have been for the JCB Prize for Literature. That knowledge that this place is not mine, these ways of talking are not mine, these silences are not mine, this etiquette is not mine many new things to absorb.” ~ Benyamin, Jasmine Days
“You know how it is when you arrive in a new place and feel like you don’t belong there? That hesitation to with geography.
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