Review #26 - Panty

Author: Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay

Translator: Arunava Sinha

Rating: ★★★

A woman, name unknown, discovers herself and Kolkata through a newfound point of view when she slips into a pair of leopard print pants she discovers in her new apartment. That is pretty much the baseline of the story.

What follows through in the short 128 pages (that is of the Kindle edition that I read) is a self exploration of sexuality, eroticism, religion, poverty and a lot of other underlying complex topics that are not often discussed in the Indian society.

However, the interweaving of the chapters, or more like the lack of connect between them, leaves the reader quite confused as to what exactly the end motive or even the story of the book is about. Self exploration or sexuality? The human feelings in general? Or just abstract and contemporary stories with an artistic meaning? I guess I'd have to look through other reader's reviews and opinions on this one.

#fiction #erotic #cultural