Glass/Fire

Deluged with gorgeous language and imagery Mandira Pattnaik's novella-in-flash Glass/Fire reveals the magic in the malleability of prose and style. Powerful complex and emotional Pattnaik wonderfully threads a narrative about families and friends and loss and love showing the possibilities of what happens when glass is set under pressure-some might not make it cracking and shattering while others carve their own existences using heat and friction to shape their lives. From rain to mangoes all natural elements serve a purpose and Glass/Fire encompasses galaxies and channels them through its characters blending scientific truths and harsh realities with hope leading the reader into the unknown capabilities of fiction.-Shome Dasgupta author of Atchafalaya Darling