“The Day Before Today” is a collection of short stories that have sprouted out of the Covid-19 crisis, which has currently gripped the whole of this world at a disadvantage. This nationwide lockdown was something we millennials had never dreamt before. The restriction of commute and us being held captive in our homes—it was all unforeseen and unexpected.
Gayatri Gill brings to us a set of stories, each
pertaining to men and women from various walks of life, and about their experiences
in this lockdown. The people might seem ‘ordinary’ when you first hear of them,
but their stories will leave a mark on your heart.
Openly controversial and heavy with issues not so sugarcoated,
these stories play around with the severity of naked emotions. Emotions which we
have been rearing all our life, but which we had kept at bar. The characters in
these stories let out these strange emotions and what follows is a riveting
reading experience which is raw and twisted.
These stories mostly harp upon bold and unconventional
perspectives emerging out of the covid-19 crisis. They are dark and grisly, and
is bound to make you shudder with their uncensored viciousness. Once you start
reading each one of them, million questions will cloud your mind. Who are these
characters? Why are they behaving so strangely? What is about to happen? Such
an element of mystery and thrill will make you read more and more. The realizations
will dawn upon you suddenly, mostly with a shiver, and you will keep on
wondering about the inspiration for such vivid imaginations. Equipped with occasional dark humour and
streaks of remorse, anger and restlessness—these stories will shake you up.
No matter how exceptional the author was trying to make
her stories to be, I was looking for some amounts of staunch ordinariness in
the book. The characters are all explicitly unique and their actions seem to be
very impulsive and triggered—and I felt the need of some familiarity to an extent.
The incorporation of controversial issues and uncelebrated feelings is really
very commendable. This made the book a very viscous and misty one to read. Through
the portrayals of Covid induced emotiomal tornadoes, the author has done an
exemplary job in expressing herself.
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