Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithrapusthakam | കപ്പലിനെക്കുറിച്ചൊരു വിചിത്രപുസ്തകം

I liked this novel very much. Something of this scale is not attempted in Malayalam literature. It reminded me of One Hundred Years of Solitude, in the general structure and in the climax.

The novelist very painstakingly draws a vivid scenery and makes the reader experience the story. Some may feel that the novel is too detailed and lacks in pacing of the plot. But the story is very atmospheric and all the descriptions are essential to the structure of the novel.

Sometimes I felt that many characters are needlessly introduced and doesn't contribute to the plot. But then I felt that their stories, mirrored the sufferings of our main characters and somehow ended up contributing to the total atmosphere of the novel.