None Other

by Krishna Baldev Vaid

‘Vaid fluidly describes the violent turns of an emotional kaleidoscope’ India Today

None Other conjures a vivid portrait of a man who is old, alone and dying. Trapped in his house, consumed with lust, shame and loathing, he scribbles his frenzied ramblings in his notebooks. But what begins as a bitter tirade transforms into an anguished meditation on loneliness and the quest for solace. In Here I Am if I Am, translated into English for the first time, a hunchback at a desolate roadside contemplates the precariousness of his own existence even as his tormented mind unravels.

Hypnotic and unsettling, Vaid’s highly innovative novellas expertly explore some of our biggest anxieties: the fear of abandonment, the treachery of memory, the uncertainty of life and the imminence of death.

240 pages, Paperback

Published April 17, 2017

Reviews

[Anish · Rating 3 out of 5]

i completed this book just to see how long he’ll go on coz there are no characters or story just doubts. he’ll come up with a thought only to doubt it at the end but he doesn’t doubt his only belief until the end that he shouldn’t have any attachment/desires which would’ve ended the book even before it began but maybe he had go through this arduous journey to reach there.
can’t deny it had sparks of genius here and there which were amusing but it was tedious to read and writing this is one thing but the author translated it in english himself which is crazy af
very experimental do not recommend it to anyone but it made me write my first review for a book so that’s something.

[Suraj Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phenomenal writing!!
Haven't read anything similar to this!