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From the Inner Flap of the book “True Colors of Love”

(author unknown) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:19:31 PST

“She was like a star in the sky and I would imagine how she could be mine”

-- I.R. Shankar

True Colors of love is an intriguing account of a young man in love, splendidly written. It is a compelling, satirical portrait of a narcissistic protagonist, a flawed personality, hysterical; a perceptive study of the inner workings of his mind and his actions to woo the female, the child-wife, Lolita-like, controversial! It is a psychological novel featuring an intense tale of love, passion and obsession of a hero propelled by an inner force who falls in love with a girl named Rose. How would he gain her? What would his machinations be to conquer her heart? Why would he love her? And yet would she reciprocate?

Written in the second person, marked for its narrative drive, it is a first-class reconstruction of a youthful dalliance with the fairer sex, a fascinating story of first love with all it’s amusing digressions and abstract matters merged in the form of a story. It is a unique novella, an absorbing self-portrait of an evolving artist baring the warts and the pimples. Suggestive and self-revealing, it dwells on the psychological motivations of his fanciful exploits and the surprising outcome of life. This is a book which should be of interest to the reader who loves fiction.

Author's Note

How ecstatic! Oh! How lovely it feels! As you, my dear Reader, flip over the pages of my book. Indeed that the fiction of my mind should be of interest to you is the greatest gift that Providence could bestow. Blessed am I ! For there are so many great masterpieces published by celebrated writers. And yet I have a patron in this galaxy of shining stars, legendary novelists! This is a debt that I cannot repay by any means.

I had obsessed over my first novel 'An Adolescent Mind' for a long time. Yet I must confess my partiality to my second book 'True colors of Love', which is particularly close to my heart. Yes, it is my child! A child, it is said, is the reflection of it's parent. And I must admit, I love my own reflection in all it's colors. This is a kind of self-love, narcissism without doubt. And I pray that the reader will forgive me for being such a compulsive one. It comes so easily and I find myself so beautiful in a novel with all the shades of grey and the dark side in my character. I guess it is in my nature. It is Shankar self-revealed! Although it may not have been my intention when I began writing. For in my excitement to tell a story I ended up revealing myself.

I wish that reading the novel is as much a cherished experience as I enjoyed writing it. Without taking too much of your precious time and to get down to the pleasurable occupation of reading I beg to take leave.

Your's Truly,
I.R. Shankar
Spokane Valley, WA.
July 11, 2010

Excerpt from An Adolescent Mind by I.R. Shankar - the Novelist

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An Adoelscent mind by I.R. Shankar - The Novelist. Published by Swathi Malhotra, Delhi India.

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About I.R. Shankar - the Novelist

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I.R.Shankar, born and raised in India, came to the United States. He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer by training and a Software Consultant by profession. He has a passion for creativity and ideas. ‘An Adolescent Mind’ is his first novel. It is his attempt at a “literary performance for all lovers of fiction”. His second novel is titled "True Colors of Love". It shall be published in 2010.

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