The Legacy of Nothing is a collection of stories culled from the ennui of modern living. These disjointed tales of dark, disparate, desperate lives entertain, provoke and challenge our empathy. Manoj Pandey’s poetic prose is an insider’s job — a unique exploration of the emptiness inside the eggshell of contemporary existence.
The Legacy of Nothing is a collection of contemporary short stories
written by Manoj Pandey & illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, published by Pan
Macmillan India. The author is also an illustrator & is from New Delhi. His
work has appeared in Huffington Post, Indian Express, etc. He has also edited a
book of short fiction Tales on Tweet which
was published in 2016. Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese illustrator based in New York
& instructor at the School of Visual Arts.
The book is a collection of 10 short
stories written in a poetry format. The stories cover a wide array of topics
like that of the spirit of migrants trying to make a living in foreign soil
away from their homeland or a struggling musician who is ready to do anything
to be famous even if he has to use a rape incident to do so. Other stories indulge
in stories like the journey of a man who changes his sex & what led to his
decision, or of people who become friends via Facebook & what happens when
they meet. Apart from these, there are six more stories all exploring different
ideas. Get this book here,
At first look no one can guess
that this book is a collection of short stories as it is extremely small &
many of its pages have beautiful illustrations. This book has all the
ingredients to be a super hit but unfortunately it didn’t worked for me. I
understand that the stories being super short is it’s unique selling point but
I believe at the same time the stories should engulf the readers into it’s
world which didn’t happened for me. The stories lacked depth & sensitivity.
The illustrations are to die for. A unique experiment which could’ve been
executed a little better.
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