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Sahil Sood

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in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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Sahil Sood was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. His debut novel, ‘A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn’, received widespread praise for its “transformative storytelling” (Huffington Post, USA) and unique narrative style flourishing with “poetic imagery” and “soulful self-discovery” (J. M. Northup, The Wounded Warrior series). His interviews, short stories, and essays have appeared in The Indian Review, Scroll.in, TARSHI, and Youth Ki Awaaz. He is currently working on his next novel and can be reached at sahilsood042@gmail.com.

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If I Should Go Tomorrow

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My interview with Miss Maini Reads (@missmainireads) on Instagram Live, on 25 June 2020. I talked about my literary work, upcoming book project, and challenges of finding a publisher and the audience for Queer Literature in India. Link: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CB3Ek6aAt1p/…

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If I Should Go Tomorrow by Sahil Sood
"If I Should Go Tomorrow by Sahil Sood.

From its haunting opening chapter to its intricate web of letters, dreams, obituaries, myths, and philosophical conversations, the novel unfolds like an enormous labyrinth. If I Should Go Tomorrow is the kind of" Read more of this review »
If I Should Go Tomorrow by Sahil Sood
"A book that's mysterious but not mysterious at the same time😭.
I really liked reading this book because the plot was very good and also the execution🤌.

Mahen spends his days writing obituaries for strangers, yet somewhere along the way, I realized he" Read more of this review »
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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“That the life of man is but a dream, many a man has surmised heretofore; and I, too, am everywhere pursued by this feeling. When I consider the narrow limits within which our active and inquiring faculties are confined; when I see how all our energies are wasted in providing for mere necessities, which again have no further end than to prolong a wretched existence; and then that all our satisfaction concerning certain subjects of investigation ends in nothing better than a passive resignation, whilst we amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes, — when I consider all this, Wilhelm, I am silent. I examine my own being, and find there a world, but a world rather of imagination and dim desires, than of distinctness and living power. Then everything swims before my senses, and I smile and dream while pursuing my way through the world.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.”
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The Secrets of the Séance Society by Lisa  Perrin
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Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir and the Mughal Empire by Munis D. Faruqui
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If I Should Go Tomorrow by Sahil Sood
"There are novels you read for the plot, and there are novels you read for the emotions they awaken. If I Should Go Tomorrow is undoubtedly the latter.

Sahil Sood delivers an atmospheric and reflective story that gently explores grief, memory and the f" Read more of this review »
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You Tell Me by Sonia Chauhan
You Tell Me
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The first time I met Sonia Chauhan, author of the sparkling, humorous, and charming “You Tell Me”, it was in a coffee shop. The reason I share this, especially after reading her novel, is because the framing is so important to understanding her and h ...more
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“The world we know is slowly fading, vanishing. Soon, we will cease to exist in memories. Our life together will leave no record, no witnesses. Dreams are all we have. Dreams, a bridge from one life to another. Only when you close your eyes, do I come alive. Only when someone chooses to share our story.”
Sahil Sood, If I Should Go Tomorrow

“Life was revealing itself to her once again; everything that had remained hidden for so long was now coming back to light.”
Sahil Sood, If I Should Go Tomorrow
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“A full moon, incandescent and circled by a glowing blue halo, began to take form in the night sky. When fully formed, the orb—like hope in the dark, caught in an empty, cloudless sky—glinted like a jewel, shining and persisting through the miserable screen of darkness surrounding it.”
Sahil Sood, If I Should Go Tomorrow

“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.”
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.”
Arthur Rimbaud

“Children see magic because they look for it.”
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

“If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you'd have died in childhood.”
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

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Jibran Sahil, thank you for the friend invitation. I look forward to our future interactions :)


Seemita Thanks for the invite, Sahil. I look forward to some great times over books!


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Glenn Russell Thanks for accepting my Goodreads friend request.


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Sahil Sood Jareed wrote: "thank you for the request Sahil! Glad to be friends with somebody who has a tribute shelf to his mother, looking forward to our discussions."

Glad to be friends, Jareed. My earliest impressions of reading were formed by my mother's reading habits. Thus, the shelf :-)


Jareed thank you for the request Sahil! Glad to be friends with somebody who has a tribute shelf to his mother, looking forward to our discussions.


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Sahil Sood Himanshu wrote: "Glad to be friends Sahil. Nice shelf you've got there, we share some favorites too! I look forward to discussing books with you :)"
Same here, Himanshu! :-)


Himanshu Glad to be friends Sahil. Nice shelf you've got there, we share some favorites too! I look forward to discussing books with you :)


Dolors Thanks so much for your friend invite Sahil. "To the lighthouse" is on my top favorites and I can't wait to chat books with you. Greetings from Barcelona.


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