Black River (novel) explained
Black River is a book written by Nilanjana Roy[1] and published by Westland Books.[2]
Plot
The book is about a crime saga[3] and murder mystery which explores love, grief and friendship.[4]
Critical reception and reviews
Sheila Kumar of Deccan Herald listed it in "the best of 2022".[5] It was on the hotlist for 2022 London Book Fair.[6]
Amrita Dutta of The Wire (India) wrote "The writing of Black River is vivid and lyrical",[7] Mukund Padmanabhan of Frontline (magazine) wrote "Roy's decision to frame the plot against the politics of the times is unexceptionable",[8] Bindu Menon of The Tribune India wrote "Franz Kafka once said, "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us." Roy's 'Black River' makes the cut."[9] Saloni Sharma of Scroll.in wrote "With all its literary merit, Black River is also a book that is likely to appeal to most readers of crime fiction."[10]
The book has been also reviewed by Sheila Kumar of The New Indian Express[11] and Sucheta Dasgupta of The Asian Age.[12]
Notes and References
- Web site: Bari . Sarah Anjum . 2023-01-12 . Three literary walks: Nilanjana Roy, Shehan Karunatilaka, Daisy Rockwell . 2023-01-16 . . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116061228/https://www.thedailystar.net/daily-star-books/news/three-literary-walks-nilanjana-roy-shehan-karunatilaka-daisy-rockwell-3219256 . 2023-01-16 . live.
- Web site: On the shelf: Here are some of the e-books that you may find interesting . 2023-01-16 . . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116061421/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/on-the-shelf-here-are-some-of-the-e-books-that-you-may-find-interesting-3/2857677/ . 2023-01-16 . live.
- Web site: Nilanjana Roy's Black River Anatomy of a crime . 2023-01-16 . India Today . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117093709/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20230123-nilanjana-roys-black-river-anatomy-of-a-crime-2321178-2023-01-13 . 2023-01-17 . live.
- Web site: Black River by Nilanjana S Roy Is A Murder Mystery I An excerpt . 2023-01-16 . SheThePeople . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230201003121/https://www.shethepeople.tv/books/black-river-by-nilanjana-s-roy/ . 2023-02-01 . live.
- Web site: 2022-12-25 . Revisiting the best of 2022 . 2023-01-16 . Deccan Herald . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225210301/https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/revisiting-the-best-of-2022-1174637.html . 2022-12-25 . live.
- Web site: London Book Fair 2022: agents' hotlists . 2023-01-16 . . En . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116062831/https://www.thebookseller.com/features/london-book-fair-2022-agents-hotlists . 2023-01-16 . live.
- Web site: Review: 'Black River' Explores the Unseen Margins of Delhi but Falters on the Plot . 2023-01-16 . The Wire . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116061623/https://thewire.in/books/book-review-black-river-yamuna-nilanjana-roy . 2023-01-16 . live.
- Web site: Padmanabhan . Mukund . 2022-12-14 . Persuasively alive: Review of Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy . 2023-01-16 . Frontline . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20230217022900/https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/mukund-padmanabhan-reviews-nilanjana-s-roys-black-river/article66209438.ece . 2023-02-17 . live.
- Web site: 'Black River' by Nilanjana S Roy is a rural noir about grief, friendship and justice . 2023-01-16 . The Tribune India . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116070630/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/book-reviews/grief-friendship-and-justice-in-a-rural-noir-459793 . 2023-01-16 . live.
- Web site: Sharma . Saloni . 'Black River': A genre-defying novel covertly raises questions of sociological, ecological decay . 2023-01-16 . Scroll.in . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121095532/https://scroll.in/article/1040702/black-river-a-genre-defying-novel-covertly-raises-questions-of-sociological-ecological-decay . 2023-01-21 . live.
- Web site: Nilanjana Roy's 'Black River' book review: On the margins of margin . 2023-01-16 . The New Indian Express . https://web.archive.org/web/20230127124258/https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2023/jan/15/nilanjana-roys-black-river-book-review-onthe-margins-of-margin-2537251.html . 2023-01-27 . live.
- Web site: Dasgupta . Sucheta . 2022-11-20 . Book Review The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and crime . 2023-01-16 . The Asian Age . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116063033/https://www.asianage.com/books/191122/book-review-the-soul-of-a-river-poured-into-saga-of-fatherhood-and-crime.html . 2023-01-16 . live.