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The Blurb On The Back:
At eighteen, Somlata married into the Mitras: a once noble Bengali household whose descendants have taken to pawning off the family gold to keep up appearances.
When Pishima, the embittered matriarch, dies, Somlata is the first to discover her aunt-in-law’s body - and her sharp-tongued ghost.
First demanding that Somlata hide her gold from the family’s prying hands, Pishima’s ghost continues to wreak havoc on the Mithras. With secrets spilt and cooking spoilt, Somlata finds herself at the centre of the chaos. And as the family teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, it looks as though it’s up to her to fix it.
The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die is a frenetic, funny and fresh novel about three generations of Mitra women, a jewellery box and the rickety family they hold together.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s literary horror novel (published in India in 1993 but translated into English from Bengali for the first time by Arunava Sinha) is a domestic drama pitting the genuinely malevolent Pishima against the virtuous, obedient Somlata and I liked the alternating sections following her daughter, Boshon, a restless teenager who has forsaken love but the open ending is very frustrating and may alienate some readers.
THE AUNT WHO WOULDN’T DIE was released in the United Kingdom on 11th July 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
When Pishima, the embittered matriarch, dies, Somlata is the first to discover her aunt-in-law’s body - and her sharp-tongued ghost.
First demanding that Somlata hide her gold from the family’s prying hands, Pishima’s ghost continues to wreak havoc on the Mithras. With secrets spilt and cooking spoilt, Somlata finds herself at the centre of the chaos. And as the family teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, it looks as though it’s up to her to fix it.
The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die is a frenetic, funny and fresh novel about three generations of Mitra women, a jewellery box and the rickety family they hold together.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s literary horror novel (published in India in 1993 but translated into English from Bengali for the first time by Arunava Sinha) is a domestic drama pitting the genuinely malevolent Pishima against the virtuous, obedient Somlata and I liked the alternating sections following her daughter, Boshon, a restless teenager who has forsaken love but the open ending is very frustrating and may alienate some readers.
THE AUNT WHO WOULDN’T DIE was released in the United Kingdom on 11th July 2019. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
