A Hundred Little Flames| Book Review
A Hundred Little Flames Author: Preeti Shenoy Pages: 368 The novel talks about the relationship between two people of different generations who meet for the first time and how they get along with each other. The book introduces us to Ayan who is a 26 years old boy who is attending an office party and getting to work the next day and is asked by his HR to put down his papers due to some controversy in the party which he had attended. Even though he was not interested in the job but had taken it due to the pressure from his father he was wondering about how to get about his job search due to the conditions due to which he had leave his previous job. When Jairaj (Ayan’s father) comes to know of this he is frustrated and sends Ayan to live with his muttacha (grandfather) in a small village in Kerala who has just met with an accident and has fractured his leg. He soon discovers that the village is a sleepy, idyllic place and doesn’t even have internet connectio...