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A review by travellingbibliomaniac
Darkness by Ratnakar Matkari
4.0
Darkness by Ratnakar Matkari is an anthology of 18 tales with supernatural and mystery as its central theme. Translated from Marathi to English by Vikrant Pande, the book consists of crisp stories which leaves the readers asking for more.
Ratnakar Matkari was a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, who passed away in May 2020 due to Covid-19.
The language is lucid and I never felt like I was reading a translated text. The stories explore topics like love, revenge and infidelity among other things. A couple of them followed the same theme but yet were different enough to be enjoyable. The stories mostly scored heavier on the supernatural scale more than it did on the horror scale. Of them my favourites were Birthday, By The Clock, Lady Of The House and The Man On The Bridge.
It was such an engaging read. Although a few stories weren't that impactful and at times predictable, I eagerly waited for the author to deliver the punchline in most of them and get my mind blown away.
My rating: 3.8
Ratnakar Matkari was a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, who passed away in May 2020 due to Covid-19.
The language is lucid and I never felt like I was reading a translated text. The stories explore topics like love, revenge and infidelity among other things. A couple of them followed the same theme but yet were different enough to be enjoyable. The stories mostly scored heavier on the supernatural scale more than it did on the horror scale. Of them my favourites were Birthday, By The Clock, Lady Of The House and The Man On The Bridge.
It was such an engaging read. Although a few stories weren't that impactful and at times predictable, I eagerly waited for the author to deliver the punchline in most of them and get my mind blown away.
My rating: 3.8