The Thirst | Book Review
The Thirst
‘The Thirst’ by Daniel Newwyn is a story of a salaried man i.e. Kyousuke from Osaka. The book begins with Kyousuke receiving a forced vacation from his office authorities. Kyousuke had never taken a single leave he is confused as to why he is given leave all of a sudden. The next biggest question before him is what he is going to do while he is not working. Soon he decides to leave for where most salaried men like to visit. Here he goes to his regular bar where the bartender Hasebe knows him very well. Soon he starts drinking so much that Hasebe decides to intervene in the matter. But Kyousuke soon gets angry with Hasebe’s behavior and asks him if he knows to whom he is talking. Soon they both get into conversation which is an eye opener to Kyousuke and all of us in some way or the other. Why it is that Kyousuke is given a vacation all of a sudden? What is it that Kyousuke feels the need to drink so much? To know read ‘The Thirst’
My Thoughts:
The story gives us a glimpse in the life of Japanese businessman. When we see Kyousuke we get to know how most of our lives revolve around our work and our race to achieve success. While doing this we forget to give time or importance to all other things including our family and friends. And when we cannot overcome our failures we try to cope it up with drinking without thinking about our future.
The characters are well developed and we can relate to them as somewhere we all too are in this constant race of success. I liked Hasebe’s character how he tries to talk to Kyousuke and tries to stop him. It is very hard to find people who think about strangers and I must say that Hasebe is a gem of a person. Hasebe is very young but then too with this conversation with Kyousuke teaches Kyousuke a lot.
Language is simple and lucid. The book cover is beautiful. The book cover and the title both justify the plot.
It was a very short read and I would surely recommend it to all.
My Rating: 5/5
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